Word: realm
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...England's adventures taking practical possession of the globe, Shakespeare added something to her domain; he found the Forest of Arden, The Witch-haunted Scottish Heath, The Magic Isle of Prospero, and together with these in the Midsummer Night's Dream, he enters what was the most marvellous realm of its kind, the Fairy World. Large 8vo. Cloth. Decorative cover. Constable, Ltd., London. Published at $3.75. Special price...
...moment's reflection proves to the enlightened that it is not so much the citizen's duty to vote as to vote intelligently. So when confronted by candidates appointed at puppet conventions by party leaders determined to obscure or to neutralize every possible issue alike in the realm of ideas and of practical affairs, none but the gullible have any choice but to register at the polls without voting at all. This line of action requires of us courage to withstand exasperating misrepresentation and it is futile without public explanation. But it will remain the only effective course open...
...college curriculum proper, no conscientious person will quarrel over; nay, not even the fortunate or unfortunate Seniors who bear the full brunt of the burden. With it, a student will plough deeper into the field of his particular major study and will gain a correspondingly broadened perspective of the realm of related knowledge. Without it, he will be ground with the rest to a dead average by a uniform ordeal of "stuffing," irrespective of his aptitude and needs...
Many leading men in the realm of sport as well as the Western Conference Association are opposed to professional football, on the grounds that professionalism is itself undesirable and would interfere with college football, one of the best qualities of which is its amateur standing...