Word: omen
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...even with this refutation in the making comes the realization that the statement was but again typical of the anxious expectancy of the Alumni, searching the skies of Cambridge for a good omen, more especially for a dirigible...
Peace? The veil has been lifted and Mustapha Kemal Pasha speaks for the Turkish nation: " We desire peace! " This is a propitious omen for the future of the new Turkish State, and, backed by real sincerity, it will indubitably raise the prestige of Turkey in the West. It is certainly a feather in the fezzes of Mustapha Kemal Pasha and Ismet Pasha, his Foreign Minister...
...pleasant omen for the future has already attended the preparations of the "47 Workshop" for its premier trip "on the road": the New York performances have been moved to a larger theatre in order to accommodate the unexpectedly large patronage. The dramatic world has not been slow in realizing the value of Professor Baker's work in establishing the experimental theatre in America, and it eagerly awaits the coming production...
...refused to be stampeded into the radical, "cooperative ownership" group which is associated with the international labor movement. They are willing to work peacefully. The problem of Capital and Labor may be a very long time in the settling; but at least such sobriety and good sense is excellent omen for the future...
Affairs turned out well enough to disappoint all the birds of ill omen. Not only did the Glee Club attain unusual success in their winter series of concerts about Cambridge, but also reached in their concert in conjunction with Fritz Kreisler the height of a phenomenal season. Those who heard the University singers on that occasion came away astonished that a group of amateurs could in so short a time have been trained to such a point of perfection. Their rendering of early church music, their presentation of classical pieces met with the universal acclaim of critics and public alike...