Word: low
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Below medium height, with crinkly greying hair, stooped shoulders, prominent nose, drawly disarming voice, he writes with a sharpness and penetration that belie his mild appearance. As a political prophet he ranks low, for he alone of the major forecasters held out hope last year of a Brown Derby triumph. That, however, will be no handicap for him in his new post...
...things mean. "We need to talk out of our own experience, not in the language of the past. Instead of saying 'The Lord is my shepherd' you ought to be saying 'God is my storage battery that renews my strength' or 'God is my low gear that takes me up the hills.' "I do not believe the Church now, or its representatives look upon its function as saving men from hell and getting them into heaven. The real values are human welfare and the method of getting it is by human goodwill-I will...
...teach that he completely conceals whatever knowledge he has of the subject. He gives the impression of knowing nothing whatsoever about it. He also gives the impression that he is out to "beat" the student in a little game that he wins if he can give the student a low mark, and he loses if he can't; An "assistant" should assist the students in his course as well as the professor, and it is high time that they did so. Eight poor "assistants" out of twenty-one is entirely too high a proportion...
...yard low hurdles: S. B. Kiesselhorst, Y.; Tupper...
...clock. Graduates, the three low or classes, and the Glee Club march to the Stadium Seniors, led by class of ficers march around the Yard, cheering the buildings and the Tree...