Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Eliot's classmate, Professor Adams Sherman Hill, who made the remark (attributed to another man) that the President had a sense of humor, but you 'couldn't count on it.' That he had it is made obvious by what I have already told. When it showed itself in words, his instinct for the close-fitting word was strikingly effective. Of a mean-looking poster inviting new students to the hospitality of a reception, he said, 'It has a very bleak appearance.' Of the magenta handkerchiefs bought for the crew in which he rowed, he said that, though they were...
...plot is tenuous at best, and has seen service many times before in one form or another, although the current version is not too patently obvious. Really capable acting would have made it a very serviceable movie, but unfortunately the two principal characters are guilty of over-exaggeration of their parts. While not attaining to any new artistic heights or reaching any profound depths of subtlety, it must be said, however, that as mere entertainment, "Jealousy" is perfectly commendable...
...Association was the one point in which the Harvard athletic policy was found wanting. Fortunately all taint of using these concessions as a recruiting inducement has long since been removed at Harvard by the fact that no Freshman has been allowed to enjoy them. In fact, it is quite obvious that under the administration of Mr. Bingham, the concessions have been operated with a view to reducing all the evils in the past associated with the practice. Undoubtedly the fact that they were all held by athletes does throw a cloud over the situation, but it is easy...
...another matter. Already there has been friction between the two organizations of a sort which augurs ill for the success of the project. After all, employment is one thing and business management quite another and it is unreasonable to suppose that the two activities may be happily combined. The obvious method of securing an equitable distribution of jobs between athletes and non-athletes is to have this phase of the situation handled by the Employment Office. The actual direction of the men given positions, however, might well be taken over by some individual or organization familiar with the operation...
...clear that no shakeup of the team was yet definite, but that this Saturday might find a new Harvard eleven in the Stadium was obvious. Judging from the way the players were shuffled about both in the scrimmage and signal drill, it would appear that even the University mentor has now no idea what combination he will send against the Indians. At the present time, however, certain members of the Crimson squad stand out as assured of getting the call at the start of this Saturday's festivities...