Word: ill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...recognized the necessity for readjustment of the demands made by a side show just at the time when the main attraction is about to begin in the big tent. The grace with which he has withdrawn his bid for the attention of seniors at a stage when they may ill afford it should be an example to those more conservative instructors who doggedly maintain that success in the past is ample augury for success in the future...
...stroke of ill-luck, the one really pressing matter that came before the new Cabinet as soon as it was formed was a matter in the province of the one new Cabinet member who had not reached Washington?the new Secretary of State, Colonel Stimson. There was little doubt that the leaders of the Mexican revolt (see p. 27) timed their uprising in order to catch the new administration off its guard in hope that its support of the existent regime in Mexico would be weak...
...time and then rested, holding the life line to keep themselves from bobbing quickly to the surface and meeting death from the sudden change of pressure. From 160 ft. they rose in 13 minutes, from 200 ft. in 20 minutes. Examined by doctors, they showed no ill effects...
...these enterprises should be sufficient check on so-called "nasty jokes". Violations of propriety such as recently reported at Tech tend to lower the good standing of student publications, and to bring forth agitation in some quarters for strong faculty control of the press. Thus the matter of an ill attempt at wit may easily result in a complete gagging of freedom and prevent the desirable open expression of opinion which is at present such a valuable part of college journalism...
Died. Briton Hadden, 31, of Manhattan, co-founder of TIME; of a streptococcus infection of the blood stream which became fatal when endocarditis developed.* Ill since early last December, he fought strongly against the infection's spread. Aided by blood transfusions every 48 hours he seemed to hold his own and even, for a week after his birthday (Feb. 18), to make progress. Death came suddenly at 4 a. m., Feb. 27, in the Brooklyn Hospital...