Word: oddly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...indifferent to the odd moment. We are blind to its possibilities careless of the opportunities it offers. We squander them in prodigal wastefulness. If we do not have an hour or more available for a certain task, we let the precious moments slip by. We postpone until a more convenient time tasks which might be started and possibly finished. We plan our lives on a slip-shod basis. And then we wonder why our college careers are barren of achievement...
...form of personal, unselfish service. They are not men of distinguished talents or of remarkable native ability, and yet they manage to turn out a great volume of work. You wonder how they do it. The simple truth is that they possess a peculiar knack for developing the odd moment, operating their lives on an efficient basis...
...that in Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious, Annabelle," as presented with the fortunate combination of naive Miss Fisher, artististic Mr. Nicander, and droll Miss Vokes ably assisted by the other members of the cast, is a comedy which should satisfy the most critical lover of harmless quips, odd predicaments and finished characterizations...
...Cornell gets no more good schoolboy stars than any other college of like size. The real solution lies in the spirit which gets men out and makes them interested in working for their college. It is foolish to say that Harvard has no track material. Out of the 1100 odd men who are eligible for teams there must certainly be a fair percentage of men who are capable of being developed into point-winners, at least in the dual meets. Experience has proved again and again that practice alone, without any previous ability, can develop men who are capable...
...Eveleth. Off East Boston flats the tug Edwin L. Pillbury relieved the Eveleth and towed the galley up the Charles River, through the drawbridges to the basin where it was moored off the Technology buildings. The bridges on the Charles were crowded with people and another throng watched the odd-looking craft from the North End Park...