Word: regaining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Shrewd, the Herr Doktor has written not about zoos but about East Africa (the once German colony which the Fatherland hopes to regain), has sandwiched into his Christmas book phonograph records full of the beat of East African drums, the jabber of natives, the roars, yelps and grunts of East African beasts...
...courses alone. Since the dropped Freshman seldom takes more than one or two Freshman courses, he is forced to get most of his work done in the afternoon at Widener. This is unfortunate for men whose scholastic condition is precarious and who should be given every opportunity possible to regain their standing...
Undaunted, The Crimson returns to the attack. It hopes that The Lampoon may regain solvency. If it doesn't, "the present crisis may well constitute a warning to other undergraduate publications." These mutual attributions of disaster may faintly indicate the loss that threatens the republic of letters if such precious manifestations of the undergraduate comic spirit are to vanish. In "college humor" there is a subtle, ethereal quality that differentiates it from all other brands. What, for example, could be sweeter, gentler, more Lamblike than the intimation of The Brown Jug, Brown University's jester, that the Holy Cross footballers...
Unless the Lampoon can regain financial security the present crisis may well constitute a warning to other Undergraduate publications. It is understood, however, that a vigorous reorganization is at present under way, accompanied by an appeal for outside support. The efficacy of these final efforts will become known within the near future. At present, however, they appear to embody a well-advised and sound policy, which leads many friends and close observers to believe that "the Father of Life" may soon regain its position of solvency and respect...
...began with what he called "suitable restraint": "Neither Hans Christian Andersen nor Carl Grimm in appealing to the fancies of children ever overtaxed his imagination as President Hoover repeatedly has done in his endeavor to regain the lost favor of the American people. Contrasted, with his addresses, Aesop's Fables deserve to rank as accurate history...