Word: hide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...careful study of the situation was made by a Boston architect, and he reported that a tree 75 feet in height would completely hide the building from view. Immediately upon hearing this the Board cancelled their order for the 75 foot tree and put in a new order for a shorter...
...collection shows the primitive customs of the people. The clothing is made entirely of horsehide or reindeer hide, with the fur left out. All the household utensils are made of wood or pottery. The wooden jugs, of which there are a large number, are finely carved and are very good pieces of workmanship. Even the dishes on which the food was served are made of wood...
...jury will sit for months upon furniture from Michigan. Earnest debates will only be interrupted long enough to bolt down meals prepared with advertised ingredients. That schoolgirl complexion will fade, and unkempt beards, which would defy, the most formidable blade, will hide the beauty of late model collars...
...statesmen, Chicago for its stock yards, and Boston for its beans, some degree of urban pride was possible; but now with Philadelphia hailed for its underworld, Washington for its baseball team, Chicago for its murderers, and--worst of all--Boston for its cake eating, Civil Pride must hide its head beneath the ash heap. One can forgive the other cities but never Boston--just entitled The Greatest Cake Eating Center in the World...
...were still missing, but were doubtless to be recruited among people who have confidence in Dr. Meiklejohn and agree with him that a college should be small, should nurture freedom of thought and discussion, should tolerate nothing short of the best teaching, should keep free from tradition's hide binding tendency...