Word: reflections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bandit who performed this noteworthy feat must formerly have belonged to the Salvation Army--without intending to reflect upon the good name of that estimable organization--for in his gathering of miscellaneous coins and bills he showed a distinctly evangelistic spirit. Just what use he can have for English pennies is not at once discernible--although, unlike cats, all pennies do not look alike in the dark. He may have thought them quarters, in which case his perception and not his business sense was at fault. At any rate, one is relieved to know that he was "not the plumber...
...large measure, see the standards of the present; he must take it upon himself to say that these are better or worse than what have gone before. The eccentricities of style and the general morbidness of subject matte that seems to characterize most authors of the present day probably reflect a prevailing restlessness in the public mind. Although these peculiarities may not now seem to lead toward any definite goal, it is unfair to condemn them in the mass on the sole ground of non-conformity. They may be striving toward a new school of literary thought, and though their...
Twenty years ago a group of Edison's engineering friends established the medal as a permanent tribute to the original electrical wizard, with an endowment to be administered by the A. I. E. E. The medal committee consists of 24 men carefully chosen to reflect all shades of opinion and is periodically changed. Each medallist must be chosen by a two-third vote, several have been unanimous. The medal was designed by James Earle Fraser, the sculptor, and bears upon its face a striking profile of Edison; upon the reverse an allegorical relief: "The Genius of Electricity Crowned by Fame...
...problem is one that affects the whole University," he said. "That the union will go through is unlikely in the face of the stiff opposition it will encounter. For any singing organization to travel with the Instrumental Club will reflect on the University Glee Club, whose high reputation is jealously guarded, since confusion of the two bodies in people's minds is inevitable...
...first stage in a public career. On the other hand, there is little interest among the young men themselves. The common procedure is for the budding youth to dabble in studies and extra curriculum activities at college, pausing on occasion at the beck of a compelling headline to reflect on "those politicians". Sometimes he will brace himself to hurl invective at the contestants in the "fifty" game. Then he completes his quota of "C's" and joins his father's business...