Word: hollow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...election held last Saturday, the Harvard chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa elected the following Seniors to membership: Bernhard Goldman Bechhoefer, of St. Paul, Minn; Philip Wigglesworth Chase, of Milton; Charles Franklin Dunbar, of Cambridge; Robert Maurice Davidson of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Hugh Langdon Elstree of Preston Hollow, N. Y.; William Alexander Grimes, of Catonsville, Me.; Saul Wallenstein Jarcho, of New York, N. Y.; Victor Harris Kugel, of New Haven, Conn.; Morris Marden, of Winthrop; Prescott Clifton Mabon, of New York, N. Y.; Henry Reiff of New York, N. Y.; Irwin Rosen of Lowell; Albert Eberle Schwartz, of Cincinnati...
...Bryan is beyond doubt a very clever man, and in some ways as powerful a speaker as one could expect to hear. But last Friday evening he seemed essentially an expert juggler of fallacies. His reasoning was hollow. However eloquently it was presented, its convincing power wears off the more one thinks of it. His three main accusations against the Theory of Evolution were that it was silly, a mere guess, and a menace towards the Christian Religion...
...Premier Briand was playing a clever game. Hitherto, the cartel des gaudies (comprised of Unified Socialists, Republican Socialists, Radical Socialists) has declined to form a coalition Government, but, instead, each party preserved its liberty of action by supporting a one-party Cabinet; thus each held the Government in the hollow of its hand. M. Briand sought to end this state of affairs by forming a coalition Cabinet. The Unified Socialists decided that before giving a yea or nay they must consult their National Council. It was presumed, however, that if the Unified Socialists refused to join the Cabinet, M. Briand...
...Twenty Sioux Indians headed by three chiefs clasped President Coolidge's hand. At their head was Chief Standing Bull, successor and relative of the late Sitting Bull. Chief Antelope and Chief Hollow Horn, who took part in the Custer Massacre of '76, were also in the party. The redmen were in Washington on account of certain property claims in the Black Hills...
...guides the migratory birds in their flight, and who holds within the hollow of his hand the destinies of men, guide and guard you, and keep all Texas aright...