Word: hint
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Government officials here hint they would like to know what the Brazilian government promised in return for Mr. Stimson's benediction. The British have had long experience in such transactions, and take it for granted that the State Department is not entirely altruistic this time." Prisoner Proof. In the actual theatre of Brazil's Civil War-an area as large as the U. S. states east of the Mississippi River-towns and cities were frequently "captured" by both Federals and Rebels simultaneously last week-if their official announcements were to be believed. ' The main fighting line, insofar...
With this hint for moderation the Puritans of the 1930 psuedo-school would do well to follow the wisdom of the Puritans of 1630 and pray that the nation may be brought to right and not to righteousness through the elections...
There is an old credo which stoutly maintains that a Yale man's chief allegiances are to his God, to his country and to the very university itself. In 1926 the college authorities relieved the students of their religious obligations by the abolition of compulsory chapel. With this hint from the faculty to work on the undergraduates have taken it upon themselves to complete their emancipation. It seems that they figured five days a week in New Haven would convince those interested that Yale still played a large part in their affections, and that the remaining two days could...
Bashan, "a short-haired setter" with a broad hint of Airedale, is a dog of engaging but not heroic character. A great actor, he hates to be hurt. "If he happened to have scratched his belly a little in vaulting over the fence, or sprained his foot, I have been treated to an antique hero's chorus, a three-legged limping approach, an uncontrollable wailing and self-lamentation." Bashan pretends to be a mighty hunter before his lord, actually never kills any thing but field mice, though he thinks him self a ravening threat to rabbits. He once caught...
...degree to attach to the university at Cambridge. The victory will merely be a sportsmanlike achievement of a group of young amateurs who happen to attend classes there and enjoy the exercise. Cheers, if any, will be for the good old game of football, without the whisper of a hint that Harvard is involved...