Word: possession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...activity of the Harvard Union, debating will possess a different status. Under the surveillance of a well-run organization, it; will presumably receive the regular periodical attention which is the sine quinine of its success...
Outstanding college distance men drop from view just at the time they begin to get an idea what it is about. With the same incentive they possess in college competition there is no reason to suppose that they could not keep improving for a number of years after their college days are over...
...public: the strong recommendation of eminent U. S. health authorities, and the reception of the book in Europe by scientific men and a public of 300,000. Family physicians testify to the need for a simple, direct, complete presentation of knowledge that they wish all their patients might possess. They pronounce Dr. von Gruber's work the best they have yet seen, especially for its lack of "moral poultice." "Certain portions" of the original are omitted?doubtless descriptive discussion of contraception?but the major portions stand unaltered?a sane, graphic, unequivocal manual of humanity's most vital mechanism...
...meanings of the word "social" which leads to a more pernicious confusion of thought. The argument for the new admission ruling on the grounds that it has a foundation in social efficacy is perfectly defensible, if by the adjective is understood the necessity for the individual to possess those qualities of character which will enable him to meet the obligations imposed upon him by the group in which he lives. Any educational institution is in the ultimate analysis a collective enterprises. Thus it is only wise that the individuals chosen to contribute to the vital functioning of a group striving...
...physical culturists have shown only mediocre pitching and very little hitting strength, though in the latter respect they outhit Amherst 10 to 5. In Minikin they possess a clean-up batter of no mean efficacy, for in eleven trips to the plate he has slashed out no less than seven hits of assorted sizes. Either Crowley or Beach will toe the rubber against the Crimson this afternoon, the latter having the only Springfield verdict to his credit...