Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Prince Ahab heard it suggested that he give his daughter to a penniless prophet, he roared with mirth and indignation. Judith wept for three days. At the end of this time, one Hiram, a merchant of Tyre, came to enchant her heart with tales of cities by the shores of seas. "Oh, how I should like to be a merchant," she cried. Jonah could not get work; the place for a successful prophet, people said, was in the desert. At last he went to Judith for comfort. When he spoke of their love, she twisted her shawl. . . . "I hardly...
...unknown man in an intexicated condition was caught late last night in an attempt to rob a third floor room at Dana Chambers. He was detected on the fire-escape by the Proctor, and lost consciousness immediately. When last heard from he was being carried to the police Station on a stretcher...
...Credo of Gretchaninov and a polonaise from "Le Roi Malgre Lui" by Chabrier are attractions rarely heard in Boston...
Crew X.--Stroke, Robert Winthrop '25; 7. Kent Leavitt '26: 6, J. W. Gates '27: 5. G. R. Johnson '25; 4. D. C. Gates '26; 3, V. F. Righter '26; 2. C. OLD, Iselin '26; how, H. C. Peirce '27; cox., C. S. Heard...
...lover of the wilderness. Soon after his graduation from Princeton, his restless disposition urged him to travel through the Rockies and as far north as the Peace River. At the outbreak of the World War, he was so far from human contact that six weeks passed before he heard even a rumor of it. Immediately he set out on foot, walked two hundred miles to the nearest town, signed up and went overseas to Flanders, where he served with great distinction. As soon as peace was declared, he returned to his life of wandering. Successively he has been cowboy, prospector...