Word: prompts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which at that time was characterized by ineffective lone sallies, has developed into a more unified effort on the part of all members of the line, while at the same time the defense has shown less tendency to be drawn out of position. The latter have, moreover, been more prompt in clearing the puck from in front of the nets following frustrated rushes. More consistency has also been evident on the part of all concerned in the breaking up of the plays of their opponents before they have had sufficient opportunity to develop. Formerly, the forward line was content...
...allowed to carry out its aims, chief among which is the confiscation of foreign property. The only possible solution is to prevent the Revolutionary party from winning in the civil war which will probably follow the present crisis. Nothing, of course, could be more helpful to the conservatives than prompt American recognition of the government of Colonel Mendieta and the American moral support which that recognition implies. While there are indications that Colonel Mendieta is not all that might be wished for from the point of view of American investments, this is certainly no time for splitting hairs; consequently...
...issue you twice used the word ''rolphing" to designate what formerly was called lynching. I appreciate your prompt adoption of my suggestion...
...last week Lloyd Warner, a 19-year-old Negro of St. Joseph, Mo. confessed to raping a young white woman in an alley after binding her with her stockings. The judge who heard his prompt confession observed that there was no necessity to "hurry things." But in a distinctly hurrying mood was the crowd which began gathering outside St. Joseph's jail and court house that evening. When some rivermen appeared to take command of the mob, it surged into the court house, through the sheriff's living quarters, destroying everything before it. Governor Park ordered...
...detail is prominent, it will be, for Harvard at least, the exciting pace which the chapter called "Thursday" takes on, as the protagonist draws near his goal: graduation from college. Here--and no chauvinism can prompt such a feeling-- is a sport forever hallowed. Or rather, here are spots cherished for their associations, the West Court of Lowell House, the dimly illuminated arch of Sever's doorway, the strange Gothic allure of Memorial Hall, the quadrangle at Commencement with the fine clear voice of President Lowell declaring, "By virtue of authority delegated to me, I confer on you the first...