Word: parlous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very vague statement, and therefore we are sure that lie will not object if we take him seriously, for Harvard, though nowadays surrounded by institutions whose competitions it welcomes, is an outstanding factor in the national life. Were this not done, Harvard might be left in a very parlous condition; wept over as unregenerate by Cardinal O'Connell a short time ago, it now receives lusty buffets at the hands of one whom we take to be not in entire agreement on other matters with his eminence. Here is a dilemma, but escape from it is found in some words...
...Critics. The Literary Review. "In these parlous times of realism, Donn Byrne is the blade of green, romantic grass in a long, long stretch of sand. Baptize him 'Oasis' if you will...
...Senateur de Jouvenal (editor of Le Matin) in the French Senate called the attention of his compatriots to the parlous state of France's source of foreign news. According to Edwin L. James, Paris correspondent, Premier Poincaré has determined to ask the French Parliament for further subsidies for the news agencies...