Word: latinate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...knew. Envious men accused him of having a sixth sense-a feminine intuition that guided his financial darts and swoops. His own explanation was the original definition of the verb "to speculate." He said: "Analyze the word and you'll find that it comes from the latin speculare, to observe. According to the dictionary, it means to ponder a subject in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate...
...Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh, 26, who by his flights to Europe and Latin-America has bettered the international relations of the U. S., was voted last week the Woodrow Wilson Peace Award: $25,000 and a medal. The date of presentation was not announced...
...followed his big brother at Yale. He followed his big brother at Cincinnati Law School. He followed his big brother in being admitted to the bar. Then he decided that he might not shine with so bright a legal light as big brother, so he became a tutor in Latin, for which he had great love. He had some money and soon founded a school at Pelham Manor, N. Y., to give boys a thorough foundation in the classics. Three years later, in 1893, he moved the school to an old hotel on a hill in Watertown, Conn...
...into an eminent educator. Last year he took Taft School out of his own pocketbook, gave it to a self-perpetuating board of trustees. He continued to serve as headmaster. His boys have a golf course and a fine football field, but they are more likely to excel in Latin and things musical. They lack adequate housing. So last week began a campaign to raise $2,000,000, more than half of which will be used for new buildings. Edward Stephen Harkness, Manhattan financier, whose family has given millions to Yale, fired the opening gun of the Taft campaign with...
...Above all, however, the Conference was a success because it was the first to see a free and open discussion of political issues between the United States and its Latin neighbors, such as the question of intervention. It was a distinguishing feature that the initiative was given to the Latin nations, steamroller methods were in no way applied, and criticism was indeed invited. There is nothing like having the freedom and the opportunity to express your feelings. Frank discussion is good for the soul, national or individual. The Conference certainly gave these 20 nations, large or small, an opportunity...