Word: occasionals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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But the burden of Mr. Lowell's remarks on this occasion were apropriately to the contrary as he pointed out a philosophical escape. Personal success need not turn to ashes and bitter brew if only regarded as the means to a greater end. We need not fall back completely on...
In polite society it is considered vulgar for one to make a display of his wealth or education. In the practical affairs of life, when a man uses an odd or unusual word to convey a meaning that could have been as easily and as quickly conveyed by a more...
TIME recorded the story of the Twentieth Century Limited on the occasion of its Silver (25th) Anniversary run. When other famed U. S. trains make Silver Anniversary runs, TIME will record them. -ED.
"Apparently the spectacle did not interest the Commander-in-Chief-at least not to the point of complimenting the American Navy either by his presence and attention while it passed, or by recognizing the dignity of the occasion by wearing the regulation full-dress presidential uniform. . . ."
A college Commencement is rightly an occasion for festival jollity, and Seniors will make the most of Memorial Hall Monday night and the confetti warfare in the Stadium on Tuesday. But this passes, and the emotion of the average capped-and-gowned candidate at the Commencement exercises will partake more...