Word: keen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attacking a Protestant Senator for daring to tell the truth about the efforts of a Catholic organization to involve our country in a foreign war? . . . I have no apology to make to the Senator from Missouri, and I do not fear in the least the thrusts of his keen lance; for, as Shakespeare said, 'Thrice armed is he whose cause is just.' I am backed by the truth, and I am standing on the bedrock of Americanism. My cause is just...
...boathouse was associated with the memory of a great many famous university crews, and for more than 20 years was the only boathouse the University owned. It was also the home of the old-time class crew competition when class rivalry was keen and expressed itself chiefly through the annual clashes...
...years yet in their infancy the owerwrought nerves of the seeker after knowledge, or three C's and a D, were irritated by the same annoyances which will trouble some 500 to 1,000 men today and every other day for the next week and a half. Especially keen was the resentment against the actions of proctors; so much so in fact, that it found expression in the columns of the CRIMSON of February...
...played by Julius Bledsoe, giant Negro whose remarkably resonant voice won instant recognition in the Stallings-Harling opera Deep River. In diction, technique, the cast is not up to high professional standard, yet the presentation is so sincere, the playwright's revelation of Negro character and tribu- lation so keen, that it merits the interest evinced by packed houses...
...Mayor Rogers may rally other joyous wits and fearless spirits to his cause. The future may have an Ariemus Ward, a Josh Billings, a Mr. Dooley yet unborn. It is certainly to be hoped that this is true. For not only is the cool, sour edge of satire a keen tool to political progress, but without it, this business of government would become a dreary thing indeed...