Word: outward
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...outward appearance a true Harvard man. Hoeing confesses to the heathen background of an Amherst A. B. (Cum Laude 1929). He smokes innumerable cigarettes, without removing them from his mouth; from this is derived, no doubt, in an attempt to escape the smoke, the tilt of his head and the squint of his eyes. Nights he is to be seen returning from Hazen's beer parlor, an aged grey slouch hat perched on his head, and the eternal butt in his mouth...
...Urban II, who thereby encouraged men to join the Crusades. In medieval times a partial indulgence of 20,000 years could be had for a few prayers. Plain people often mistook the meaning of the grant, thought they were getting relief from guilt and punishment by a mere outward act. From the fact that they were willing to pay for indulgences arose the scandalous abuses against which Martin Luther thundered. Today indulgences may be gained in innumerable ways: attending newly-dedicated churches (50 to 200 days), giving alms to charitable orders, visiting certain shrines, performing novenas (nine days of prayer...
...Fairfax, Miss Chapin's ideas and personality have continued to dominate the school almost as strongly as ever. Even her passion for historic dates is still gratified. Beginning at 2,000 B.C., Chapin girls march down the centuries by memorizing some five dates each week. Almost the only outward change which recent years have brought is that, with chauffeurs less plentiful, more girls walk to Park Avenue for the free bus service Miss Chapin established to carry them to & from school...
...outward appearances, the biggest thing that ever happened in Brunswick, Iowa was the daily arrival of the 6:45, which sometimes came in on time. But plenty of other excitement went on just below the surface. Drury. the town villain, was making a cuckold out of little Bolly Hootman. Slaughter Somerville, No. 1 Citizen, was in love with the deacon's wife. Station Agent Ben doggedly pursued cat-like Lulu, unaware that she was after Slaughter. When the deacon found Slaughter and his pretty wife practicing hymns together in the church and peppered them with birdshot, all these situations...
...news that the Scholastic Aptitude Test will shortly be required of all applicants for admission to the College, is the first outward sign that Harvard's entrance requirements are up for revision. This particular test, although still in the experimental stage, has been widely adopted by other colleges. In particular cases, no doubt, it is sometimes erratic; but over a wide field, it has proved surprisingly accurate in forecasting students' college records...