Word: habitations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cause for the failure of the popular preferential primary is not to be found with the Old Guard. They have always been in the habit of taking things as they come and adapting them to their own ends. The point where the present form of primary fails is in the lack of interest which it arouses among the voters. It would seem, this year of all years, that there were burning issues to draw the attention of the most delinquent citizen, but the figures show that not ten percent of the Republican voters of the country expressed their opinions...
...Nicholas Murray Butler has an inveterate habit, to the suandal of mere politicians and pussyfooters, of saying what he thinks and of thinking clearly before he says it. In a statement issued at Chicago he exhibits the presidential preference primary in all its futility and impotence...
...limit of accommodation for teams of every kind has not been met the margin is not broad enough to satisfy the growing demand. Three years from now, when every class in the college has received the benefit of the compulsory training system and has gained the habit of regular exercise, the gymnasiums and fields, with their present equipment, will be insufficient...
...criticising; the reviews and the editorials are well-written. I object bitterly to "Mater Felixissima";. perhaps some proof-reader was guilty. But why is it that the various articles produce the impression of being trimmed to a fixed length? Is it due to editorial excisions, or is it a habit acquired in the process of writing compulsory themes...
...aids. When he has chosen the best men he can find for his subordinates he trusts them absolutely and gives them free rein to work. Not only was this evident during his war work, but also in his private business life before. Plainly this is a habit utterly inconsistent with a one-man government. R. J. BARNES...