Word: quit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this aerial activity has disheartened Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the apostle of the "friendly Arctic." Polar exploration is not what it used to be, he laments, and he is going to quit. Modern inventions, safety and comfort have lessened the joy of the venturesome explorer and it is now a humdrum sort of job. Stefansson believes the Shenandoah will attain her goal without mishap...
Hendrik Shipstead, senior Senator from Minnesota: "I quit Washington to spend a few days 'in the woods.' Said I: 'I cannot stand too much civilization. Sooner or later I find I must yield to the desire to go back and live something like primeval man. ... I might say in passing that I consider myself the best cook in 14 States...
...reply to the Cabinet's invitation to quit the country, King George stressed the fact that he had always kept aloof from politics and that he could not see that by staying in the country he would in any way embarrass the National Assembly. In deference to the wishes of the Cabinet, however, he agreed to leave Greece temporarily, declaring his "deep conviction and warmest wish that the judgment of the National Assembly of the Greek people will be guided by sentiments of love toward the fatherland and national interests...
John Singer Sargent long ago quit the portrait-painting game, as such. When he makes an exception to his rule, nowadays, the outcome is more than likely to be something compelling-and so may be characterized the presentment of President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University, which at the moment is said to be nearing completion at the hands of Mr. Sargent...
...Suppose everybody began work at eight o'clock in the morning and quit at ten o'clock. They would ask themselves: 'What on earth are we going to do with ourselves the rest of the day ?' Some would bore themselves watching football games for twelve hours a day. Others would think they could enjoy themselves listening to classical music the rest of the time, but I can tell them that they would loathe the name of Bach after a fortnight...