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...slightly belittling appellation, a crammer, and those who are above such things might spend the time they use in rationalizing their stooping to an action unbecoming in one of high ideals to better advantage. In other words, whether we will or not most of us resort, to cramming. The queer point is that, despite its standardized list of bad points, cramming succeeds to a noticeable extent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cramming--A Result | 6/12/1929 | See Source »

What is a poor graduating Senior to believe in this queer world of contradictions? Prof. Rogers of M. I. T. bursts forth, and tells the graduating class that in order to be successful, one should be a snob...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 6/11/1929 | See Source »

...more sober but exquisite hen. These two, Frank and Nina, and all their numerous progeny for many years, Sophocles trained to the hand. Each knew its name, and would run from the flock when its white-haired keeper called, and, sitting upon his hand or shoulder, would show queer signs of affection, not hesitating even to crow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Idiosyncracies of Professor Sophocles, Famous Harvard Scholar, of Last Century Narrated by Professor Palmer | 5/14/1929 | See Source »

...course, one gets to think of these reformer people as queer long-haired strangers who care neither for the best or the nice things in life. But the Boston dinner party of the other evening proved that they too can become gorged with hilarity and paint the town as red as the rest of their less significant brethren...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR GANG | 4/18/1929 | See Source »

...write about a mystic without making him seem too queer is a distinguished accomplishment. Author Williamson's mystic cuts strident across a maze of conventionalities, but he is never cheap, affected, sentimentalized. His theories may well antagonize, but his understanding of animals, his intuition regarding fellow humans, are faultless, impressive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: ANIMALS & FELLOW HUMANS | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

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