Word: jealous
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...jealous insistence of the press on the justice and liberality of Harvard's action, and its insistance that this action does not imply any dogmatic bias is a good omen for the future of liberal universities in this country...
...When Jealous members of other Houses tried to block plans for the Dunster House spring dance that is scheduled for tonight, ingenious Colonel Charles R. ("Break It Up") Apted '06 devised this lofty method of delivering the musical instruments for Don Redman's famous orchestra, which has been engaged to provide the music. Rumor has it that additional supplies for the dance tonight and perhaps Don Redman's Orchestra itself, will be brought to Dunster House by a river barge if necessary to foll the plotters...
...prosperous and at peace. Early in 1936 it had become apparent that the nation was headed toward piecemeal sabotage of the old Constitution. The Constitutional Convention of 1937 had thoroughly reordered the patchwork of compromises put together by the representatives of jealous sovereign States just 150 years before. The waste and confusion of 48 State governments were wiped out. The nation had been carved into a few great regional Commonwealths along economic lines. Freed from the tyranny of a Senate minority (treaties now required only the joint consent of a majority of both Houses), successive Presidents had concluded sound trade...
Sculptor Barnard was born in Bellefonte, Pa., started life as a taxidermist. Starving in Paris, he earned the jealous admiration of Auguste Rodin when he was a student in his twenties. With his chisel he has made at various times enormous sums of money. He once estimated that his Lincoln statues brought him over $260,000. Three of his countless pieces give him a secure place in any history of Art: Adam & Eve, now on the John D. Rockefeller estate at Pocantico Hills; the gaunt standing Lincoln intended for Westminster Abbey, now in Manchester, England; the nude reclining Pan, once...
...Damrosch Opera Company and with the New York Symphony which played in scores of towns where great orchestral music was completely unknown. While still in his 20's the young conductor learned the value of diplomacy, the power of a bouquet. He kept peace among his jealous singers. He made friends with Andrew Carnegie who built Manhattan's big concert hall. When visiting Carnegie in Scotland he met Maine's James G. Elaine and soon after married Elaine's Daughter Margaret...