Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Maine skipper abandons the ordinary life of the "old salt" and turns privateer to provide the reader with high adventure. The routine of his new business is not routine for the reader, however, and Writer Roberts h a s avoided even the slightest possibility of your experiencing a dull moment...
...their timeliness and general appeal. For this reason, the first subject, Resolved, That the New England States secede from the Union, is valueless, an utter waste of time to all concerned. It is decidedly to the interest of both speakers and listeners that in the future fields of greater moment be explored, for only thus will the Union debates draw more than limited attention...
...moment husbands were separated from the wives, mothers from their children, policemen from their home stations, and Freshmen from Radcliffe, while pay stations were being filled to overflowing with nickels and lead slugs. Throughout the day the headquarters of the telephone company were filled with bustling and confusion as thousands upon thousands of calls had to be hurdled...
Cold-sober in Philadelphia, His Excellency ably lashed the Great Powers thus: "There is a tendency to look down upon Japan as un enfant gāté [spoiled child] who may run amuck at any moment. The argument too often falls upon Japanese ears in this manner: If we have the ratio of 10, we will always behave, but if you [Japan] have more than 6 or 7 it is highly probable that you will go astray.' Does not that sound too much like asserting moral superiority? It is something which Japanese susceptibility cannot tolerate. It is something...
...Yale bandleader dropped his baton. The Harvard bass drum tipped over at a crucial moment. Incongruous in the smart Bowl crowd were two members of a traveling circus, a giant and a midget in a tall silk hat. In the interval after the third period, a spectator ran the length of the field, threw his hat over the Harvard goal posts, snickered at the crowd...