Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...public, beyond a certain point, like Mr. Coomber in "Listening In", refuses to be frightened by something which it does not believe in. Ectoplasm, mysterious appearances, clutching hands, automatic writing, all serve their purpose in conducting hair-calisthenics. But to have them poked at half in earnest, half in mild satire, combines both the successful elements of horror and amusement...
...first quarter brought forth a kicking duel by Gehrke and Harris, with the former gaining at first a slight edge in spite of the mild, opposing wind. Buell returned a Dartmouth kick to the latter's 45-yard line. Owen gained seven yards on a line plunge and Gehrke followed with five more, giving the Crimson first down on the 32-yard line. Then Chapin, on a delayed pass play, gained four and Owen two. But the Green line held and Buell was forced to try a drop-kick which was short and wide...
...course a few sentimental pacifists will offer a mild protest. There are always those who fail to distinguish progress. But the rest of mankind will shout "Onward Civilization!" as the watchword of an enlightened race...
...disregarded by genius and fool alike? What of the cigarette, the forbidden fruit--and so the more delightful--of school days, the mental enemy and physical friend of college years? What will be the end of the cigar--the vicious Invincible without which no Oral Examination is complete--the mild, light brown ten-centers, not to consume one of which is to admit of a still-undeveloped manhood? The gods of incense forfend that they should all descend to the level of the yeast cake that one is supposed to order with every other meal...
...same year, he was released on bail. Thus he has been twice stimulated to go on with his virtue. Parole, suspended sentence, probation, bail, easy discharge, all the bounties, so to speak, for the commission of crime, were offered to these precious innocents. These are instructive, but milk-mild, cases of that beneficent justice that spares the criminal and despoils the public. The police records are full of much more striking cases. Possibly this quick-forgetting community still remembers Hoey, the paroled convict from Sing Sing out on bail, who murdered Patrolman Neville. Possibly it will remember...