Word: least
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seems to be the inevitable fate of Mr. Heilner, of the American Museum of Natural History, who recently returned from an expedition to the Bahamas with the news that sharks are harmless. According to Mr. Heilner, he exposed himself to these much-maligned creatures repeatedly without their showing the least interest in him as a possible article of diet. It is to be feared, however, that even before such evidence the popular mind will cling to its delusion. Generations of South Sea Island movies in which a struggle between the hero and a shark is a prominent feature cannot...
...days, on make-up nights on Mount Auburn Street, cork helmits were a necessity much as they were in any British tropical outpost, that is, to keep those present from going completely under when their back teeth were floating. Under the new regime, however, it appears that at least the invaluable Bob Lampoon keeps semi-sober and acts in the joint capacity of managing editor and wash-room attendant, and that as a result a more palatable brand of humor is on sale at Felix's the following week...
...name of Beck Hall can never be forgotten as long as the gay nineties and the great men linked with them hold a place in Harvard history; but for the building itself present undergraduates at least will be able to shed little more than a forced tear...
...just loves to put Gene Rodemich on a pedestal and applaude his numerous gyrations. However, to give Gene credit, he does surround himself with a some-what more entertaining group than usual to celebrate his "Hall and Farewell" performances. Now that he is leaving Boston, for a while at least, the reviewers will have to give more attention to the feature film at the Babylonish picture palace...
...favorite sons, slogans, graft and corruption, and popular histories of the two major political parties. The Century Company is therefore very much in step with the times in issuing some 1000 pages, profusely illustrated, for the further education of the men in the street who will soon--at least a small percentage of them--play the role of citizens...