Word: omened
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...virgin at Winter Carnival, Harvard must prove that one can be virtuous and get away with it. The atmosphere is right for success. Since his arrival last fall Coach Harlow has inspired respect and confidence. The student body has refused to see in a series of defeats any permanent omen. This season the Boston newspapers have been very considerate, especially for Boston newspapers. There is every hope that the Dartmouth game will prove Harlow's Battle of the Marne, and the burden to be born by the undergraduates is as important as that of the team itself...
Sure enough, last week Herex's home circulation had risen by 4,000, a possible good omen for new Publisher Emanuel Levi, who is going from the Louisville Courier-Journal to make the Herex hum (TIME, March...
...Democratic candidates. The part of the Postmaster General was to serve, in anything but silence, as the donkey's head. As chairman of both State and National Democratic Committees, he was confident that Democrats would elect a majority of the Assembly which, in turn, would be an omen of Democratic victory everywhere...
...marvels every day, and though they may fail to surprise him they may nonetheless scare him almost out of his wits. He is dismayed when a child is born with teeth, or cuts its upper teeth first, and usually does away with it. The birth of twins is an omen of disaster. If a banana tree sprouts fruit not at the end of the stalk but near the middle, the plant is promptly cut down and the owner is considered in peril of death. If a dog is remarkably lucky at hunting, it is thought to be catching game...
Bolivians and Paraguayans, hoping devoutly that they will not have to fight any more, accepted this fraternizing of their generals as a good omen that their diplomats are arriving at acceptable terms of peace during the continued truce...