Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Horrified businessmen, raised on the tradition of free trade within the Empire at any rate, attended a mass meeting, appealed to Governor-General Viscount Galway to nullify the plan on grounds of unconstitutionally. Prime Minister Savage thought that over (remembering his comfortable Parliament plurality; Laborites: 54, Conservatives: 24) and then announced: "If traders petition the Governor-General on the ground that we have no authority to control trade, we will soon obtain the necessary authority...
...gives up his Protestant sweetheart. He badgers a spirited girl (Jessica Tandy) who will not knuckle under. Finally, he attempts to override the law. But he goes too far-the worm of a schoolmaster turns, the police inspector gives as good as he gets. the defiant girl stands her ground. Shaughnessy foments an uproar which it takes all the bluff diplomacy of the old Canon to quell...
...coupe therein, making a neat hole in the cushion of the car to the right of the driver's seat. It also broke the floor board beneath the seat, and made a slight dent in the car's muffler. The meteorite itself, however, did not hit the ground, as it had become so entangled in the springs of the cushion that it was snapped back up into the cushion by the recoil of the springs...
...happy and energetic race of scholars are archeologists whose camping ground is the Near East. Except for rare cases like the late T. E. Lawrence, they are generally ignored by everybody but fellow professionals. But their patient patchings have from time to time restored wonderful form to old cultures. Such restorations were James Henry Breasted's epochal History of Egypt (1905), Sir Arthur Evans' report on Pre-Hellenic Crete (1921-35). One result is that any good advertising artist now knows more about the very fine arts of the Nile valley and the Aegean islands than Sir Joshua...
...future of outside activities, including sports, is in, a certain haze. House debating, discussion groups, and even House sports are well started and well equipped to last at Harvard. But the more time-consuming activities and sports are not on such firm ground. Except for the just plain "loafers," these groups undoubtedly supply the tutoring schools with their most willing material. And the trend of increased concentration and increased pressure due to the influx of more and more students chosen from grade competition makes these activities a hazardous undertaking from the scholastic point of view. President Conant's words were...