Word: habitations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...also denounced "the six greatest evils" of the day. These, according to his enumeration, are: "Divorce, race suicide, the public dance halls ('some dances,' said he, are 'soul-killing in the extreme'), the narcotic-drug habit, the hip-pocket flask, and the automobile-brothel...
...Dominican Republic was founded in 1844 and misgoverned itself with short exceptions until 1916 when the U. S. found it necessary to establish a military government. For almost eight years San Domingans have behaved themselves, and in the hope that this has now become a habit the U. S. is about to terminate occupation of the country...
Election Fraud. "It has always been the habit of parties which have been beaten in elections to blame it on the violence or fraud of their adversaries. That the opposition should attempt the same trick now, therefore, neither surprises nor disturbs...
...University has gone seven years without a victory over Dartmouth in baseball, and the Hanoverians have of late cultivated a disagreeable habit of defeating the Crimson in football and hockey as well. This spring Harvard victories over Princeton and the Tigers' decisive verdict over the Green have given Crimson rooters some ground for the belief that the Dartmouth away will be broken. Caldwell, the Nassau twirler whom Harvard so maltreated, pitched an almost perfect game against the Green, retiring the first 26 opponents in order and then yielding two hits before getting the last...
...true source of the danger is that the commencement speech has become a habit. Its subject, its method, its technique is not changed to meet altered conditions. The flimsy subterfuge, "at no time before the youth of the country, etc," falls, for it too is habitual. The oldest living graduate, should his memory only serve him, would enjoy the familiar flourishes and fancies, the admonitions to develop character, industry, leadership, which he knew so well...