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...court " with teeth in it," and those who believe we should join the League as well as the Court. Those who make this objection, according to Mr. Hoover, " are the ones who would have complained on the Wednesday night of Genesis, and would have gone to bed with a grouch because the Creator had not yet made a finished job of the sun and the moon, and would have called a mass meeting on Thursday morning to demand more forward action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Administration's Case | 4/21/1923 | See Source »

...unfortunate that this matter should be brought up just at this time when the marks are being returned, because it makes it sound too much like the result of a grouch arising from the receipt of a postcard bearing unfavorable news. It is only one of the cruelties of fate, this disappointment of the student who is led to take a course by the false impression that it is going to be a snap, and is quite overcome by finding that it isn't, but that he really is expected to know something about it. We all, I am sure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 2/14/1921 | See Source »

...third number of the Advocate, which appears today, contains the following articles: "Editorials;" "Autumn Song," by J. Hinckley '06; "Harvard Types: I, The Grouch;" "Being Proctor," by W. L. Stoddard '07; "Four First Nights," by A. S. Locke '07; "A Homeopathic Treatment," by L. G. Miller '08; "Off Dog's Teeth Ledge;" "A Matter of Confidence,' by M. S. Winpenny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contents of Current Advocate | 10/27/1905 | See Source »

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