Word: quieted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...situation. We have no need for polishing our riot guns, as they are not rusty; and the patrol wagon has always been and still is in good running order. While we are always ready, we seldom have to act, because the rank and file of Harvard students are quiet and law abiding...
...author of Greenmantle, Midwinter, The Three Hostages (one of the finest romances of modern times) was in Manhattan the other day for a few hours. Lieutenant Colonel John Buchan is a short, quiet-spoken, modest English author. In those characteristics, he is like Walter de la Mare and W. Somerset Maugham, our other English visitors of the moment. They arrived without blaring of trumpets-and both Buchan and Maugham departed quietly, after seeing a few things at the theatre and saying "how-do-you-do-goodbye" to a few friends...
...Coburn are chiefly concerned as Mr. and the prospective Mrs. Sweetland. They play with an unerring touch for quiet comedy. Summoned to their assistance is a large assembly of deft and balanced capabilities...
...singles; Muddy Ruel, who sacrifices; McNeely, who walks. Enter Manager Bucky Harris. He stings a single over third, scoring Peckinbaugh and McNeely. The duel continues, fiercely. Toward the end of the action Peckinbaugh's leg caves in. He is carried off the field. Cheers offstage, including a few quiet ones by the President of the U. S. The duel ceases. The series is tied again. Score: Washington 2, New York...
...urging I would do in favor of the Davis-Bryan ticket, of course, would be based upon my own recollections and my knowledge of my father. I can't imagine that the opinions of myself-once the quiet, awkward small girl who received a salary of 25 cents a month to make his bed every morning-have any real bearing on the present political events. My father was then to me the same omnipotent authority, the final court of justice, that he remains in my mind today. I believe he would make a good President, because I have never...