Word: meanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Those who have read "Conrad in Quest of His Youth" may wonder how it is that so many men every June undertake a similar pilgrimage with equally disappointing results. We do not mean to imply that all alumni going back for commencement approach their reunions, with Conrad's objective in mind. Many are too young still to feel the urge. Others have obeyed it in the past and are now too wise. But those grads who have arrived, say, at the stage of their twentieth reunion are neither too young nor too wise--Conrads...
...putting life and dash into a crew of unusual latent power; secondly, of coordinating that power so that it will be applied as a unit. This latter is a feature in which Yale excels, and which, if incorporated to as great an extent into the Crimson shell, might well mean a Crimson victory next Friday...
...reported to have acquired "a stage of proficiency," arrived at through many private lessons. Lord Balfour likes to see other people do it, but is too old to take it up himself. Lord Curzon has not yet fallen, but the Marchioness, his wife, is an exponent of no mean accomplishment. Lloyd George has not yet made his dancing debut, nor is he ever likely to. Lord Birkenhead, ex-Lord Chancellor, leads the political world in jazz dancing. No band is too fast for him. Another statesman, chided about his jazz passion, retorted that the Duke of Wellington left a ballroom...
Bombacci: "What do you mean by we will suppress it? Are you speaking in the name of the government...
...owned palaces at Petrograd and Moscow containing rare art collections of fabulous value. He never traveled by train, but always " in a cortége of luxuriously appointed automobiles." During the war he was condemned to death for espionage in Germany, but was pardoned by Kaiser Wilhelm −no mean distinction...