Word: poses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard Debating Union which met later in the evening, decided that the next debate would be held on Thursday evening, January 18. The question is the Jones Ship Subsidy, a bill now before Congress. The Conservatives will uphold the passage of the bill, and the Progressives will op- pose it. After much discussion, it was decided to try a new method of voting. The vote of the meeting will be taken twice--once before and again after the debate. The second vote will be conclusive. The purpose is to discover how much opinions on the subject have been swayed...
...slumbering infant. Behind her marches an older figure, her half-veiled face and drooping posture expressive of great sorrow. She bears in one hand a broken sword while her arm is held by two soldiers. The third female figure stands near the center of the panel, in a pose of deflant encouragement...
...Boston and the larger part of the audience came to see whether she still retained that unique fascination which has made her famous. Her voice is as mellow as ever and she still dominates the stage with her personality and mannerisms. Some of us wish that she would pose a little less and be a little less Miss Barrymore and more of Sir James Barrie's "Kate", but then one goes to see her, not the play. As her vehicle she has chosen Barrie's "The Twelve Pound Look". The manager either doubts the sophistication of Boston audiences or confusion...
...months indicates that they are by far the most zealous of all our public servants. But why? Surely the mere satisfaction of exposing the sins of their weaker brothers is not enough to account for it. Some other impelling force has more than once led the prohibition officers to pose as internal revenue collectors and thus obtain evidence of violations. In their eagerness to uphold the dignity of the eighteenth amendment, they cheerfully break every other law with a clear conscience. Yet why they should take prohibition enforcement so much to heart, is one of the enigmas of our commonwealth...
...look upon him as a martyr. General Wood has never by a single word commented on the action of the administration in keeping him from the front. Even in his campaign speeches he has refused to indulge in criticism of the Democratic regime. He is the last man to pose as one who has suffered a wrong at the hands of his enemies or opponents. In other words, General Wood is not a martyr. He is not running for the presidential nomination on a platform of revenge. The fact that he was treated badly, even outrageously, by the admin- istration...