Word: pass
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...American lit Mr. Mencken says that the dial is turnerary world living in Chicago is smalling toward the south and quotes names to prove it. But Mr. Hansen's argument remains invincible in at least one point--publishers cheques are drawn on New York banks. Other delights may pass from Manhattan life but this economic necessity remains...
...Thomas Cavanaugh, President of the University of Michigan Student Council, by Dr. Shirley Smith, Secretary of the University, by Lewis Fox, by Dr. Stephen P. Quggan, Director of the Institute of International Education, and by President Henry Noble MacCracken of Vassar College. On Friday and Saturday, the Congress will pass judgment upon ratifications of the Federation's Constitution, and upon the extension of international relations, as well as upon the three most important student problems, previously mentioned...
...licked his burns, fell asleep, whimpering. This must not happen again. So District Ranger Bill Freer made him an asbestos coat, good protection. Asbestos, a mineral found notably in the Province of Quebec, does not decompose under even relatively high degrees of heat. Nor does it allow heat to pass through it easily. Another characteristic is its resistance to most acids. These points and the fact that it appears as silky, flexible fibres which can be woven or felted into fabrics,* or mixed with cements for fireproofing, make asbestos invaluable industrially...
Because personal, inspiration is almost impossible to isolate or to define it is very easy to pass it over with a sneer about "another myth", or some similar remark. Nevertheless it remains true that long after the date of the invention of gunpowder in the Occident, or the meaning of a certain Shakespearean passage, or even the scores of Harvard-Yale football games are forgotten, the graduate will still carry with him memory of some inspiring teacher with whom he has come in contact and whose influence, exerted perhaps indirectly, has been a vital factor in his life. Professor Copeland...
...Coady, who will report for hockey after a two weeks lay-off, is of all the Crimson skaters the least versatile, but he makes up, in the excellence of his specialty what he lacks in all around ability. His tremendous strength and his great weight, naive him hard to pass, and he possesses sufficient nimbleness to enable him to move quickly from his normal position in front of the cage to the side boards. His dashes down the ice are largely confined to taking the puck to mid-ice for a pass to a cleverer teammate or to a long...