Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...English aristocracy make a point of falling in love with her. But she spurns their Piccadilly peccadilloes for the honest, 100% American heart of a simple prizefighter who sings tenor with impunity. For further proof of the closeness to life of this show, consult the following: Check suit worn by the Krausmeyer manager, tuxedos and patent leather shoes worn by the reporters of great London dailies...
...make an address. And that in the future all shades and colors of opinion should be represented. Not one, they say, should be barred from speaking on account of radical views. Nearing stirred up considerable interest and enthusiasm in an address at Dartmouth which they contend, is ample proof that undergraduates here as well are anxious to hear what this leading socialist has to say. has not been announced, but it will consist of two members of the Governing Board, two from the Undergraduate Committee of the Union, two from the Faculty, the President or one member of the Student...
...success with which this English institution has become acclimated at Harvard is illustrated by the interest which the Debating Union meetings have aroused. But except for a slight avoidance of technical presentation in the Triangular debate, the Debating Council has not departed far from the "American" style of proof and pleading...
...sensational statements, unsupported by reason of fact.--expecting students to capitulate under bombastic oratory. It is significant that the sympathies of the audience were openly in agreement with the man who accused Dr. Straton of "arguing in circles", "evading the issue", and "failing to present one single item of proof." Such remarks are in sharp contrast to the discussions after the addresses of Dr. Grant and Dr. Fosdick. These men won the respect of their listeners by straighforwardness, and earnest attempt to answer honestly the questions asked...
...truths to himself in a defliant which per; but when the modern student can learn without a quiver that a new universe has been discovered from which light takes a million years to travel to the earth, it is safe to assert that the world is becoming shock-proof...