Word: manna
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that the recent suicides ought not to be seriously considered in the hope of putting a stop to any future occurrences of such sort. We feel merely that the publicity they have received has magnified their importance, and provided manna for alarmists. And it is all because the man in the street is not interested in French requirements or the Tutorial system, but a student suicide is hot stuff, and merely confirms his ideas of college as a haven of hip flasks, atheism, and general immorality...
...cats fleeing to cover, proud cats ignoring such easy prey, big-hearted cats adopting families of mice. The ever-colorful New York World carried a report of one cat who added 16 mice to her litter of kittens. The World headline read: "Cats . . . Scorn Tons of Mice as Tabby Manna...
...height. Soaring into the zenith they flew up and down the trans-desert motor route between Beirut and Bagdad. Tourists, marooned for almost a week by floods which bogged their motor cars and washed out the railways, gazed thankfully skyward as the British air Samaritans flung man-made manna into their laps. Air Vengeance. At Bombay there was sentenced last week to "five years' rigorous imprisonment" an Arab who would not confess his name but was proved to have shot and killed from the desert A. G. Elliott, air mechanician for famed British flying ace Sir Alan ("England...
Since the University menu is rather devoid of manna for early rising Vagabonds, I see no reason to face the world of culture and the criticism thereof until the late hour of ten when I shall probably breakfast--not en pantouffles--at the Georgian where it is rumored there will be fresh cream for the first morning in some months and a new and lighter group of doughnuts. Having then apprized myself of various financial rises in the locality which have my Vagabond mind rather worried, I shall wend my way to Sever 35 where Dr Maynadier at eleven...
Silence fell, to be punctuated now and again by an encouraging cheer. Binocularless women plagued their staring escorts for information. There were some eager "Yesses" and some hesitant "No-o-oes." Excitement grew as the thunder of hoofs approached. Manna romped home the winner and, as usual, there were more white than flushed faces; for rarely does a Derby favorite romp fast enough...