Word: periodical
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...public loves generalizations, especially those of a sensational nature. Therefore when the records of the New York State Reformatory for Women indicate fewer prisoners than five years ago, and when male prisons show the opposite trend for the same period the press immediately runs scareheads to the effect that "Women Are Getting Better, Men Worse". Thus the female of the species is given a chance to demonstrate, paper in hand, to her husband that there are two sides to the argument concerning male superiority. Baffled by the maze of figures, the only refuge for the criminal male is silence...
...standard set of rules has been drawn up for the League games, formulating definitely the hitherto somewhat vague etiquette of Touch Football. An interesting experiment has been attempted in the time quota allowed for the contests. Twenty-five plays can be used in each period and when this number has been completed, play automatically stops. This scheme was proposed for regular football games last year but was not adopted. In the Touch Football League, the 25-play period has worked out very successfully according to M. A. Cheek...
...Mishel being the feature of the march. Then Randall hurled the pigskin to Mishel for a first down on the 9-yard line. A triple pass gained a yard, and then Mishel tossed to Randall, who stepped over the line for the first score. Again, shortly after the second period opened, Brown had the ball at midfield. Two graceful arcs planted the ball over the University goal. Mishel threw both passes; Randall received them...
...Perry, the case might be different. But dissimilar as their subjects are, and unequal as are their merits, these two books make very clear that there was more than one sort of American in the days of Victoria, and more than one exponent of the varied ideas of the period. This is worth while, for it points a warning against the sort of generalization which is fatally easy when one attempts to sum up the ideas of a region or period or circle by such vaguely defined words of all work as Puritanism, Americanism, Victorian, and the like
...William T. Tilden, 2nd, fallen idol, erstwhile tennis king, alleged author, who is now an enthusiastic disciple of Thespis, has discovered a striking resemblance between acting and tennis. The similarity for the most part seems to be that a long period of practice, in which technical knowledge is to be accumulated, must be suffered in both great pastimes. He does not point out the likeness of temperament displayed by actresses and by Mile. Lenglen. By Mr. Tilden has made all sorts of court terms apply to the stage so that for a moment he seems to have said something. Continuing...