Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...English game differs from its American counterpart chiefly in the matter of scoring. A point is tallied only when the server wins the rally in England. Another minor difference lies in the English rule that being struck by the ball at any time constitutes loss of the point...
Here no allowance is made for the fact that in any weighty matter of law or equity, an uncertainty of opinion may arise even after the greatest professional authorities have been consulted and that this uncertainty may inevitably continue until the courts, in the course of formal proceedings, have pronounced themselves on the matter at issue. Neither is there any reason made manifest why Councillor Fitzgerald's view of the unconstitutionality of the Harvard Boston co-operative agreement should necessarily be accepted as correct until the particular question now raised has been judicially determined. But, by and large...
There is one other song, "Lantern of Love". You've probably heard it, but that doesn't matter. By the end of the first act you'll be humming it, whistling it, beating time to it. At the end of the second act you will hardly be able to wait until you reach the lobby to give your own special version of it. And when you go home (the play has threoacts), the left hind wheel of the trolley, which will be flat, will rhythmically impress that tune on your soul, if you have one, for ever and ever...
...characters don't really matter. The effective handling of large-group singing and dancing, the music, costumes, atmosphere, are what make the play. We will say, though, that you'll have a surprise when you see the hero, Roy Cropper. He was a new one one us...But we like him. Bernard Cranville is very pleasing and wears a silk hat well, in addition to being funny once in a while. But one fears that not a great deal can be said for the leading lady. Miss Briggs...
...this large expense, and expert service, which the Harvard Business Library now stands ready to assume, as a matter of sheer helpfulness to the business men of Boston. As for Councillor Fitzgerald's complaint that business men will have to go to Brighton to secure this aid, the truth is, of course, that no such embarrassment is anticipated. Under the agreement the Librarians of the two institutions are to work out plans and regulations providing for the most direct delivery service that can possibly be attained. All any citizen needs to do, in order to secure special assistance, will...