Word: plaine
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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George M. Cohan used to sing through his nose and glorify his country. Hodge talks through his nose, but he, too, glorifies the country--the rural regions of it. In this play he is, as usual, just a plain, easy-going country chap, who can faze a multi-millionaire with a shrug of the shoulder. That's probably why Boston likes William Hodge better than Broadway likes him. And that's why, in spite of a rather vapid vehicle, William Hodge will continue to talk through his nose at the Majestic for eight or ten weeks--unless influenza seizes...
...Third Army across the Isonzo. Not since the days of the great German advance of August 1914, have the Allies been confronted with so serious a crisis. For should a catastrophe take place, then the way will lie open for the Germans to seize the rich Lombard plain, capture new ports for submarine bases on the Mediterranean, and even menace France from the rear. Any aid to prevent this, if it is to be effective, must be immediate. The danger is so instant and overwhelming as to leave no time for deliberation. Already the French cabinet is considering what...
...sense of humor? The dictionary tells us that it is "the ability to perceive the comic." But the lexicographer knew nothing of the subject. If he had, he probable wouldn't have been a lexicographer. True sense of humor goes as far beyond this definition as solid geometry beyond plain arithmetic. It consists not only in perceiving the comic, but in searching for it, and at times even creating at. Above all it deals less with the occasional laugh than it does with the constant smile...
...Russet leather shoes. 5. Leggings (for tactical instructors, other instructors with relative rank, aides and cadet captains: russet leather or pig skin. For all cadets other than cadet captains: canvas, as issued). 6. Olive drab shirt. (When not under arms, or on other duty involving physical exertion a plain white standing collar may be worn). 7. Poncho during inclement weather only. 8. Sabres will be worn by tactical instructors at formations under arms...
...Jamaica Plain Neighborhood House: A. A. Claflin '20, D. M. Davis '20, J. D. Nichols...