Word: pendulums
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...that shares were better long pull investments than bonds. This caused no small ruffling in the Wall Street dovecote, especially among its bond houses, but Mr. Smith's figures were persuasive. Now, with the public seriously preferring shares to bonds, some Wall Street bond dealers feel that the pendulum is swinging too far in its new direction...
...outburst of a reaction which many people have believed was bound to come against the present over-emphasis upon football in American colleges. The Stevens authorities, however, seem to have erred by going too far in the right direction. It is natural enough for any reaction to swing the pendulum to the opposite extreme Perhaps the movement to reform football is distined to take some such radical direction before it finally settles to a sensible point in between glorification and abolishment of the game. It is probable, however, that such violent measures will do more harm than good by incensing...
...lassitude, assuredly with justice, ho surrenders himself to rancor, beating the floor with his heels, chasing the cats, the squirrel and committing many acts of violence. Then it is that he hears the old clock sing, with much clucking of the tongue, a lament for the days when its pendulum would work all night; the china gods complain in childish voices; the teapot collogue with the teacup. Amazed, lie tries to hide near the fireplace, but the fire comes from its kennel to nip him in the breeches...
Miss Glenna Collett, famed Providence golfer, thought of a putt. On a certain 19th green, with the smell of a Southern twilight enchanting her frequently photographed nostrils, Miss Collett had seen that putt obtain its velocity from the pendulum swing of Miss Frances Hadfield, travel in an unwavering line for 20 league-long feet, disappear, with a leisured imperiousness, into the hole, thus winning for Miss Hadfield a leg on the Belleair Heights golf championship (TIME, Mar. 16). As if the smell of that twilight, still lingering in the air, enraged her, Miss Collett, last week, swished around...
...includes the Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian and other "churches" or variations of the same to the number of 30.* During the last Century, most of these churches yielded their claims to being the sole depositories of Christian truth and informally recognized each other's essential Christianity. The pendulum began to swing back from diversity to unity...