Word: popular
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that of Liberal ism, and throughout his stay at Cambridge he has been one of the chief supporters of the Liberal Party there and has often contribute articles on Liberalism to the University journals. His interests however do not remain within Cambridge. He is as much sought as a popular speaker on Liberal Party platforms both a his home and in the East End on London and also in many other parts of the country. His reputation as a speaker in the Cambridge Union has led many prominent men including members of Parliament to enlist his eloquent services on their...
...country, where he was school captain and a prominent footballer. He thence proceeded to Magdalene College, Cambridge, coming into residence in 1922, and taking his degree in June, 1926. For three years of this time at Magdalene, Mr. Fordham came under the Mastership of Dr. A.C. Benson, the popular essayist and novel-writer, whose generosity and personal charm were so highly valued by his college...
...Peary wrote of him: "Harrigan acquired this sobriquet on account of his ear for music. The crew used to be fond of singing that energetic Irish air which was popular for some years along Broadway and which concludes ungrammatically with the words 'Harrigan-that...
...Edward C. Moore, who, as amiable, learned preacher to Harvard University, has helped make the voluntary religious services in Appleton Chapel there popular among the students, is also president of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (oldest foreign mission society in the U. S.; formed 1810). As such, he reported with especial pleasure last week that his Board had been good housekeepers during their fiscal year, which ended Aug. 31. Contrary to expectations they had lived within their means, had spent $2,152,272 of the $2,152,765 donated their work by legacies, by individuals, by churches...
Bebe Daniels plays the title role, but the title scarcely fits the role. The popular notion of a Campus Flirt, born of the novels of Percy Marks, and Scott Fitzgerald's maunderings upon the younger generation and jelly rolls, demands that a Flirt flirt. By the same token, if Flirt means flirt, Charlie Paddock means run. And except for one long distance shot of "the fastest human" showing his heels to a bunch of girl hurdlers, Paddock did even less running than Bebe did flirting...