Word: instead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wife's brother is one of King George's famous "Coldstream Guards," and I would not like to think of such a fine young fellow as a "Britishman." I realize that "Englishman" is too narrow a term, and "Briton" is as bad as writing "Frenchie" instead of "Frenchman." Still I believe that a better word than "Britishman" can be coined. What is really needed, however, is some word which will describe we citizens of the Dominions who are not Britishmen, at all. We "Canadians" are fortunate in our name, and so are the "Australians"; but "New Zealanders...
...duties in Spain are so arduous that he may never come to America, so he is sending me instead, to 'show his interest in America, because I am his namesake. . . . This year and next there will be great expositions at Seville and Barcelona, so there has now been established the Patronato Regio del Turismo (Royal Tourist Board) composed of many important Spanish personages...
...Toronto last week one Norman Douglas pulled at his dark brown hair. It came off his head, a wig. Exposed was a skull cap, like the Pope's. Only, instead of being white it was dark green. Norman Douglas put his hands carefully...
...teachings, as physical therapeutics. Chief cause for the comity (it remains loosely bound) has been osteopathy's sensible chasing of the raggletoggle out of its membership. Osteopathic schools from Kirksville to Boston now require four years of medical training. Courses are identically those of regular schools. However, instead of Materia Medica, one studies Principles and Practice of Osteopathy...
...passionate devotion for meticulous ceremony Biographer Forester attributes Louis le Grand's two great failures. Excellently planned, the military campaign against William of Orange, and the diplomatic war for the Spanish succession, were both on the verge of sensational success, when Louis stopped to evolve an elaborate finish, instead of clinching matters offhand...