Word: possum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German nation has gained some peace of mind by refusing to believe what it did not wish to believe. Since January of this year Germany has thought that England was disgusted with her allies and that by playing possum for a time, she could tire out the remainder of the Entente. Unfortunately her peace of mind was doomed to be short-lived and has been nipped by a frosty note of censure from Lord Curzon. This cruel message from England is hardly loss curt than the refusal of France and Belgium. It even states that the British will...
...quest to John Harvard's pantry. He probably realizes that he won't be received with a "Help yourself." In fact it is only fair to warn him that there is a cry about the Square, requesting that the same treatment be given him as the possum; "Carve him to the bone". A peculiar sort of hospitality, that! But for that matter a peculiar sort of quest; we have heard that growl before--it means business...
...again, on again, gone again Finegan." The Harvard Magazine is on again! Springing from unknown parentage last year, it has staggered along a chequered path, and only saved itself from collapse last month by resorting to the well-known ruse of the possum. By playing dead for one issue it has been able to recover enough vitality to totter around for one more lap before its inevitable fall...