Word: omen
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...although this action represented something of an innovation in undergraduate journalism it ought not to be condemned on that account. On the contrary, it may well be heralded as an auspicious omen of increased seriousness in the attitude of our student body toward the curriculum. The undergraduate of today is more careful in the selection of his courses than his father was. He is not primarily interested by the fact that a course is reputed to be easy; he wants to know whether it is worth while, well given, and handled by instructors who put some personality into it. That...
...sustained, not forgetting for a single moment the brotherhood of blood which united all soldiers in the trenches. To disarm among men of the same blood means to arm against an external enemy. Go you and bear your brothers the memory of this visit as the best omen of peace and prosperity...
...plethora of comment inflated the receptive pages of journals, hebdomadals and mensals to show whether or not the election of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg to the German Presidency meant "this," meant "that." A consensus of more reliable opinion averred that the Field Marshal's election was an omen of good import, that it meant the beginning of a rule of law and order with no immediate, though probably a later (one writer mentioned ten years) restoration of the monarchy, that it presaged a fuller return of foreign confidence and a resumption by Germany of her place in the comity...
...Richmond flew to the new base and created a great sensation with the Eskimos, who had never seen such giant birds before. An Iceland historian has unearthed an old prophecy which states that giant birds will cross to Greenland before the month of August is out. This favorable omen is not being borne out by the weather which is stormy, gales of 46 miles an hour being reported along the route...
...flip of a coin has given the Jungaleers the slight advantage of being the "home" team. They will occupy the Red Sox dug-out and take the field first. Superstitious Princetonians may look to this break as an omen that the Tigers will maltreat the ball in the slugging fashion of the Boston club on its recent sojourn at the Fens...