Word: parrot
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...Tarascon, France, one Mile. Eugenie Dupont, alleged demimondaine, poured a litre of benzine over a parrot belonging to one of her rivals, and set fire to the bird. Amid a chorus of squawks and shrieks, the parrot flapped phoenix-like into the next room, igniting certain garments belonging to one M. La Rupelle. Doused with champagne, the fire was extinguished...
...this metamorphosed into a thing, into many things . . . . In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking...
...view of this analysis one cannot but ask whether even yet, with the innovations employed this year in the election of new members. Phi Beta Kappa has taken adequate measures to distinguish between "Man Thinking" and "the parrot of other men's thinking...
...summary of the Springfield game: Harvard Springfield Thomas, g. g., Murray Phaneuf, l.f.b. l.f.b., Perry Tarnowsky, r.f.b. r.f.b., Gilfian Parrot, l.h.b. l.h.b., Vibberts Wickersham, c.h.b. c.h.b., Russell, Lanchester MacKinnon, r.h.b. r.h.b., MacNeil, Saxon Driggs, o.l. o.l., Wier Gans, i.l. i.l., Fowler Small, Trevvett, c.f. c.f., Nestle Crooks, i.r. i.r., Braun Trevvett, Daniolan, o.r. o.r., McKillop...
...manners and personal appearance of the twirp it belongs to are altogether too much for me. The only thing which is worse, and it's nothing short of nauseous, are painted slickers. I saw one yesterday and honestly on it was drawn a big green and red parrot. Above it was a pair of huge tortoise-shelled spectacles and a be-ribboned hat. Well, I was sick. You can forgive Harold Lloyd--he gets paid for it. But I'll bet you wouldn't and him dead in such a get-up outside a movie studio. This collegiate business just...