Word: meanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second Roman Empire, starting with Tyrol, he might well continue with Corsica and Savoy. He justifies his annexations of Tyrol by saying that the Brenner Pass is the natural boundary between Italy and Austria and the logical place to separate the countries, but he forgets that natural boundaries mean nothing at the present time with modern methods of warfare. Blindness and ambition alone are capable of overlooking ideals, the advocacy of which in 1918 was an appeal to the justice and unselfishness of the nations of the world at large...
...When companionate marriage is really understood," commented Judge Lindsey in his recent speech in New York, "it will mean an enormous in crease in the health and happiness of our undergraduates by increasing marriage at colleges and affording our students a normal adjustment at an early age at just that point where so many youthful lives are totally wreched...
Senator Wheeler (snappishly): "Do you mean to say that you refuse to answer...
Shocked by the insouciance of Mrs. Russell's "experimental" attitude toward sex, startled into realization of what polyandry might mean if honestly recognized at a co-educational institution, Students Frederick Hyslop and Frederick Joachim of the Forum went to President Glenn Frank, asked him what they had better...
...Eastman's opinion of Phi Beta Kappa in particular appears to be rather typical of the present critical attitude of students toward scholastic standards. But, whatever one's opinion of these standards, they nevertheless exist; and the fact that Phi Beta Kappa must conform to them does not mean that it approves of them. Mr. Eastman's rejection of what seems to him a hollow honor is praiseworthy enough morally; but it seems that he is confusing the empty titles so much beloved these days with a distinction that is real. It is to be hoped that his action will...