Word: rans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...King-Emperor, upon receiving the resignation of Viscount Cave, and being, doubtless aware of his critical condition, promptly elevated him to the rank of Earl. His charm, straightforwardness, and singularly active common sense were recalled as men ran over a few of the great offices which he has held: Attorney General to Edward of Wales (1914-15), Solicitor General (1915-16), Home Secretary (1916-19) and, since 1924, Lord High Chancellor...
...Italy he is conductor of the Scala Opera in Milan-but he likes a concert orchestra better. He is interested in politics, ran once for the Italian Parliament on a Fascist ticket. His hobbies are painting and riding in a fast automobile; his life spent simply with Signora Toscanini, his two daughters-Wanda and Wally (the w's pronounced as v), his son Walter, a book collector in Milan...
...Pickard '29, but since a Navy end was off-side, the play was called back. A little latter in the same quarter, an Army touchdown was disallowed because of an illegal use of hands in the Army line, when Giligan intercepted another pass from Potter and ran 75 yards for a touchdown...
Lecturers in large classes are always applauded, and, if the lecture has been well received, the applause would speak well for any professional lecturer who charges admission. I was in a class the other day in which a visiting German professor was lecturing. He ran over the hour by 12 minutes, yet no one left the room, made any motion to, or hardly realized the hour...
...faint shudder ran through the ranks of the unenlightened when the Reading Period would be repeated in the high and far off times when Seniors would be wearing gowns and Yard concerts were the vogue for Brattle Street. But a whisper followed and as it ran, smoothed the ruffled brow and calmed the palpitating hand. For the Reading Period would come in May, and in May Radcliffe would come again to Harvard. All was well; though reading assignment and thesis pluck at the heart of the courageous, yet even when the trial was hottest they would gain sweet respite...