Word: logged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...could wheedle out of his colleagues and the Federal fisc. So, in a spirit of sympathetic cooperation, Congressmen would get together, each handing the other a perfect plum of a public edifice. The press of those parts of the country where the plums did not fall called this "log-rolling," called it "pork...
...long sea voyage the captain's log becomes a peculiarly fascinating document. The passengers themselves have lived through the days and nights so carefully recorded, but almost without comprehending the ship's progress; and a terse statement in black and white makes each hour's accomplishment more real. It is with just such a reaction that members of the University read President Lowell's annual report...
Essentially it is a log. There are no forecasts or hopes for the future. But if in avoiding this interesting and dangerous ground the report is slightly disappointing, it makes ample recompense by relating a commendable series of accomplishments. Certainly not the least of these is the history of the extension of the tutorial system...
...alleys, the metropolite has Yuletide sports aplenty. In the country there are house-to-housing, dialing, village Christmas trees, bob-hitching behind autos, fashionable coasting at the country club, taking of pictures of the house, going to another dance, telephoning the neighbors. . . . Here and there the yule-log is still drawn and the waits sing. Here and there the bowl flows and there is good talk instead of bad bridge. But where is Flapdragon, ancient of games...
...glasses and a toast. To those who return to fond firesides, the holiday offers an assortment of ties selected by solicitous aunts, the open adoration of young cousins, the damp and dutiful kiss of younger sisters, advice, but with these the Christmas tree, the familiar faces, the Yule-log brightness, and Christmas joy. To all, Cambridge acolytes, metropolitan revelers, and hearth-side rejoicers, the CRIMSON wishes a very merry Christmas...