Word: manly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...does this book try to ring the church-bells for home or country or anything else. It does not even limit itself to the more sensational patches of the war zone--dressing-stations, trenches, No Man's Land; only near the close does the action shift from various sections behind the lines to the real front, and supply the story with a satisfactory climax. Thus, the work is complete, not composed at an oblique angle; its scenes dramatic, not melodramatic. Private Suhren, withal, decidedly concerned with the fortunes of himself, of his girl, and of his three or four closest...
...Gipsy Smith says he has never ceased praying; and today he prays for Harvard students, that "you will became the best men America has ever known. God has put a great investment into you, and expects a big return; but if He could do so much for a no-man like myself, what...
Coach Brown has divided the leading candidates for the University crew into five squads each man being classified according to his college year. He will keep these five crews, shifting the men around to try their ability, until Spring Recess, picking the University and Junior University crews after the men return from vacation...
Each successive year the demands of the tired business man have brought the attire of the chorus girl nearer the dead line, but now with the revival of "The Black Crook" by Christopher Morely the bald headed row is at last given an opportunity to sit back and catch its breath. Absolute nudity is the limit of revelation, and the modern developments were approaching it with a dangerous speed. The day is saved, however, by Mr. Morley. The tide has been turned before it was too late...
...contest was conducted under a combination of the Oregon and Oxford plans of debate. The first plan provides for two speakers on each team, one of whom devotes his time on the rostrum to a cross-examination of the man on the opposing team who presents the constructive argument. The Oxford plan provides for three speakers on each side and for an exchange of speakers by the opposing institutions...