Word: phrased
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...article in the Boston Post former Vice-President Marshall suggests a matter of importance to the younger generation, which may be stated in a phrase as the break-down of legislative government. The ascendency of government by men as opposed to government by law began in the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. History shows that legislation is always behind of and is attempting to catch up with the times. There was a period in our history when people turned to Congress with their troubles and requests, but now the President and the various Boards at Washington are the center...
Hereafter, the husky guard or fullback will not be spoken of by admiring spectators as being "beefy" but rather as "symbolic of potent legumes and vitamines." The latter phrase is longer than the old one, but is much more scientific. Should the advice of the scientist be taken, the Elis may make a revolutionary move in athletics by installing a staff of chemists to cooperate with the coaches of mere fundamentals and tactics. When Connecticut soil is restored with lime, and when vetches, soy beans, field peas, clover and alfalfa furnish the needed nitrogen to farms and pastures in that...
...Newton's Law of Action and Reaction. In some of Newton's original papers which he was able to obtain while in England in 1907, Mr. Babson found the claim that the time would come when this law would apply to the actions of individuals in mass. By this phrase Mr. Babson believes Newton meant "Business", and it is by the combining of Newton's law with his own business chart discovery, that Mr. Babson has created his system...
...world; and third, that he is the finest of them all. But all the same, these old seamen were great characters. They didn't do any flag-waving, they didn't make the eagle, scream. They were sturdy, dignified and fond of having their own way; a phrase coined some years ago just fits them--100 percent American...
...scope of the Graduate School of Education is not adequately indicated by the phrase "the training of teachers". The School is much concerned, to be sure, with technical problems of teaching, and will always make special provision for inexperienced students, who need not only a general introduction to their profession but also a practical apprenticeship in the work of instruction. It would be difficult, however, to justify the establishment of a Graduate School for the sole purpose of perfecting teachers in craftsmanship. Not that this is unimportant; indeed it is highly desirable, and many teachers fail or are less effective...