Word: larking
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...latest stroke of Police Commissioner Enright's "special flying squads" is either a masterful sort of retaliation or else a most dastardly trick. These special raiding squads are composed exclusively of "young detectives apparently chosen for their ability to look and act the college boy on a lark"; they trickle insidiously into the doomed "chop house", purchase several drinks and then ungratefully arrest the waiters and the proprietor...
...associate editor of McClure's Magazine. For some years she has devoted herself entirely to writing, and is at present living in France. Her works include Alexander's Bridge, 0 Pioneers, My Antonia (her best work till the appearance of A Lost Lady), The Song of the Lark, One of Ours (Pulitzer Prize-winner...
...service is established between New York and Newport. The Gray-lark made the first trip, covering the air distance of 149 miles in 80 minutes and returning against a head-on wind in 112 minutes. (By train, the trip takes 7 hours...
...cockney is not alone in tracing its antecedents to ancient royalty. If England is going to resort to etymology to prove even her slang good English, common Americans are equally justified in defending themselves. Clerk is supposed to rhyme with lark in the best English, yet no less a writer than Chaucer coupled it with world. Plebian "ain't" appears in Thackery, apparently quite good form. While if the beaux and macarouss of Pope's day were to appear today and tald as they did in the drawing rooms of London, and ordinary American might well imagine they were telling...
...tickets for the performance are on hand and may be secured at the box office of Symphony Hall. The Complete program follows: Ave, Verum Corpus Des Pres O Gladsome Light Davison Ecce Iam Noctis Chadwick The Harvard Glee Club Widmung Schumann Mondnacht Schumann Ave Maria Schubert Hark, Hark, the Lark! Schubert Miss Hempel Echo Song Lassus Far O'er the Bay Franck (Soprano Solo by Miss Hempel) Choeur des Chameliers, from "Rebecca" Franck City of Chow Bantock The Harvard Glee Club On Wings of Song Mendelssohn Virgin's Lullaby Reger Fetes Galantes Hahn La Belle du Rol Holmes Miss Hempel...