Word: nods
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sleep: "Only for a minute nod your head "Close your eyes to the steering lever only for a little "Your hand will remain awake...
...President's chair is a wicker-backed swiveller. A Presidential nod seats the Job-Seeker in a green leather armchair, edged close to the desk. He begins his earnest plea. . . . The Presidential eye reverts occasionally to an ornate gilt clock under glass upon the mantel. Every tick is treasured. The Job-Seeker rises...
...know old Homer oft would nod...
...there is more in it even than that. A man who remembers a face, or who considers an introduction of the evening before ample reason for a nod, is no better, in my estimation, than one who thinks membership in the same club with one of these relaxed persons a justification of continued bowing to aim. And there still exist--can you believe it?--those who think playing on the same athletic squad full license for a greeting outside of season...
...decline of the Yale spirit and the growth of wisdom. With tears in his eyes he described the undergraduates who were not present as "yellow" and he asked. "What has become of the old Yale spirit . . . perhaps they are too cultured to come here. . . ." President Angell gave nod: of gloom...