Word: lot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fault in this matter lies almost exclusively on the students themselves. Unused opportunities of this nature have caused many a failure, and perhaps some premature grey hairs. Therefore, if trouble is your lot, at least give the deans an opportunity to review the case. They might suggest a solution; and they would certainly like to have a try at solving...
...night fell Mr. Martin emerged at last, marching two blocks to union headquarters with the crowd at his heels. Before he abandoned his room, he stormed: "In my opinion this is the action of a lot of irresponsible individuals. . . ." The session at union headquarters was behind closed doors but newshawks heard loud yells and the ominous sound of falling chairs. Next day Mr. Martin flew to Manhattan to address the Women's Trade Union League...
...colleagues, the technical aspect of music. Nevertheless, Shaw had a sound background. With the aid of his mother and a singing teacher who had moved into their Dublin house, he had developed a skilled but "uninteresting" baritone voice, had learned the piano and mastered in great detail a tremendous lot of musical scores, mostly the operas of Meyerbeer and Verdi...
...Puritans Joe Peden and "Little Joe" Hindle carried the mail, with the latter's third period collin cornor kick having a lot to do with halting any Dudley march before it could organize. In the Winthrop line, Charley Moore and "Blubber" Peters bore the brunt...
That few of the undergraduates knew Mr. Perkins by sight is a tribute to his modesty and to the unobtrusive efficiency of the Corporation, for officers of the University testify that his greatest interest as Fellow lay in the lot of the students. He was the constant member of a changing Corporation which has in the past quarter century enormously built up the endowment of Harvard and has increased her name and friends. Truly the University will do well so long as she can attract men of the type of Mr. Perkins, and alike for his friendship...