Word: repeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Peaches, Neb. Agter reading the works of such we are painfully impressed with the realization that the authors have never looked beyond their industrialist or Yukon noses, and we feel a sudden pessimism for the future of poetry. When we are in this state of mind it is, we repeat, more than refreshing to find a young poet who professes no field but the field of art. Such a one is Mr. McLane, if we can judge from his latest book of poems-"Shafts of Song". If he must have a little we suggest that of "a poety of beauty...
...Kane's credit let us repeat that he was "delighted to see the pep and enthusiasm of both the graduates and undergraduates". That is what the graduates want: they are a part of Harvard University and want recognition of the fact. It is absurd and unfair to say that his remark was "tactful", for that is not the spirit in which it was intended. He meant is as he stated it--a truth, which if only recognized by others, would clear the air, dispelling clouds of suspicion and dislike on the part of the undergraduates, and claiming for a more...
...repeat a remark made earlier in the week in regard to the prevalent class elections: "Ain't we got fun!" The fun this time is printed in the adjoining column. The hardy perennial has sprung up with its yearly punctuality...
Insofar as the three proposals we outlined above further this aim, they are to be desired. To repeat, the colleges cannot advise the conference how limit armaments it can tell them what the youth of America expect and have a right to demand of the men who have in their bands the future of the world...
...thoughtfully selecting a necktie one morning. It is hard to say to just which of our emotions or ideals this story appeals. The author of "College Life" intended it for an example of what "sand" will do in the way of escaping from an unfortunate predicament. To many who repeat the story, however, it illustrates that "ideal imperturbability" which is the core of "Harvard indifference"; the fickle public has a habit of appropriating a good story for its own use. Whatever text the episode represents, the fact is bat it has an unusually universal appeal...