Word: losely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...classicist-an Indian civil servant-whose pseudonym does not hide the fact that at the best he came from Oxford or Cambridge, revels in a verbose interpretation of the history of the British in India. The general conclusion which the author reaches is that the British will one day lose India, for reason that there will be no place for her in the Commonwealth and no tie to bind her to the other Dominions...
...after a week's layoff from the continued playing of the trip, a four man team journeyed to Williamstown, where the season's unbroken record was maintained at 5-1. Perkins was the only man to lose his match...
...insult to the memory of the dead. Even a chapel would be a useful monument, on the door of which posterity might well read, "Dedicated with One Eye on the Memory of the Harvard Dead, and other on the Seating Requirements of the Harvard Living." Such a memorial would lose its sacred majesty amid the laughter of men who no longer believe in the pragmatic philosophy, "It's good if it works...
...time, even the personal element entered into what at first appeared to be an entirely impersonal matter, and now we know what to expect when certain classmates begin to talk. So do the professors, and many are the satirical and harsh comments that fall from their contemptuous lips. They lose no opportunity to inform us that only 250 of us will be allowed to return next September...
...therefore obvious that there is every opportunity for a Harvard graduate to keep in touch with Harvard affairs. Those who neglect to do so lose an interest which might well color their whole lives...