Word: needlessness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What then, is the Harvard type? Needless to say, the formula is complex, but perhaps the many elements do combine to form something tangible. There are, I might say, two types with a common characteristic. There is the club member who belongs to some socially prominent Boston, New York, or possibly Chicago family, and who continues to be damnably social for four years. And there is the high-school graduate who majors in Latin and spends most of his time in a quiet nook in the huge library. The socially correct element is the remnant of that Boston society...
...have dropped out by the time of this writing. Two sections were formed alphabetically, seats were assigned in the lecture rooms, and we found ourselves reciting before an audience of 250 men, all of whom we were certain knew more about what we were discussing than we did. Needless to say, the first time one is called upon by a professor one passes through a disturbing few minutes. But one soon became accustomed to this form of mass instruction and the days of small classes seemed far away...
...morning may profitably be spent in studying; the afternoon the same, and the evening likewise. If a means of living without sleep could be invented, we should stand a better chance of passing the examinations, which come only in June and are on the whole year's work. Needless to say, we do sleep, and we do not spend every hour of the day in study, but there are boundless opportunities for work down here and we could be at it continuously without reaching...
...Clarence Darrow is taking off his powdered wig for good. To the legal profession he has long been known as one of the most astute and fearless criminal lawyers. To the morbid public he is known as the counsel for Leopold and Loeb. Needless to say, his intention of retiring to a life of leisure and literary pursuits causes a sharp reaction of one sort or another in all quarters...
...Marshal Lyantey, are faced with almost certain defeat as they drive the Moorish invaders back across the Riffian border. That is, unless Spain steps into the breach and lends a hand. The Riff was ceded to Spain on the express understanding that she keep the turbulent tribesmen in order; needless to state, she has never succeeded in keeping Abd-el-Krim's hoodlums out of mischief. The French command may not send a shell, man, or plane across the border to destroy the Moorish bases, and it would be a very simple task, without violating the treaty agreement. Similarly, they...