Word: perish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kaslov, king of the gypsies of America, was a bachelor. He had no heart for any woman longer than an hour; none of the gypsy women could win him with the charms that sleep in satin skins and shiny eyes. And his mother, fearing that the royal line would perish, said to him, "It is time for you to find yourself a bride and leave off treating the woman question lightly...
...barricade of some well fought for hope. The magazines are published in amazing covers of topaz and mauve and cinnamon. Braver than autumn leaves, they flourish for a while, bailiffs occupy the editorial rooms and grubby gentlemen attach the furniture, and the gay little magazines dry up and perish...
...like excursion boats, colleges are feminine--she has distinguished herself by recognition of the long neglected subject of business. As compared with Latin, Greek, the Renaissance and plane (not solid) ornithology, the study of business is a tender plant, and must be watered if it is not to perish in all but a few enthusiastic garrets. The President, and good fellows, and overseers and superintendents and foremen of Harvard were wise to see this obscure condition clearly, and courageous to remedy it. In action, their courage exceeded their wisdom, and they have constructed a mechanism so vast, and a financial...
What Fools Men. Literature in general has grown content to let the younger generation perish...
...they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." (Matthew xxvi...