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Word: persists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...weather it is reached by horse or pack-mule only. Occasionally an aeroplane drops mail to us. However the mail reaches us, the periodical which I first open is TIME, short, snappy, to the point, a mental feast. Critics to the contrary notwithstanding. I still persist in reading TIME from p. 1 to the bitter end. Please do not permit our great friend and diplomat, C. D. H. G. D-Dowse, to cause you to go out of print. He was merely endeavoring to get some of our free American publicity, poor soul. For everyone of his type, I know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: In Necaragua | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

...already making a great share of its tires at Highland Park, Mich., in spite of its cordial relations with Firestone Tire & Rubber. Goodyear, still controlled by Clarence Dillon, supplies Dodge Bros., which he also controls. Goodrich, while it remains under the domination of Bertram G. Work, will persist a unique entity. And it is not probable that U. S. Tire, which once sought to be the "trust" of the rubber industry, will become subordinate to any motor manufacturer. But smaller rubber companies could be bought up, notably, according to discussions, Ajax Rubber. That William Crapo Durant will do something surprising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Sproutings | 4/4/1927 | See Source »

Then, later in the day, if the indomitable desire for culture still persist, the Vagabond can hasten back from Soldiers Field when the sun begins to glow comfortably in the late afternoon. If he has time, let him stop a minute on the Anderson Bridge to watch the oars dip and flash as an eight pulls up the Charles. He cannot linger long, however, for Mr. Forbes Watson, editor of "The Arts", will speak at 4.30 o'clock in the Lecture Room of the Old Fogg Art Museum on "Civilized Contemporary Painting from Cozanne to Picasso...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 4/4/1927 | See Source »

...that for wearing gold braid. The law about drunkenness was that "if any Scholar should be guilty of Drunkenness, he shall be fin'd one shilling and sixpence or he shall make a publick confession or be degraded, according to the Aggravation of the Offence. And if any Scholar persist in a course of Intemperance, he shall be Rusticated or Expelled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In 1769 Only President and Professors Were Allowed to Strike Freshmen--Gold Braid and Theatricals Forbidden | 3/16/1927 | See Source »

Some men were found to have chronic digestive troubles and a few showed signs of lung trouble. A follow-up system is adhered to in the case of men whose abnormalities persist, and such cases are given close and proper treatment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WORCESTER NIPS ILL HEALTH EARLY | 3/14/1927 | See Source »

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