Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wide open spaces which are uninhabitated by hostile fielders, while the Purple mounds-man is catapulting the pellet by the opposing club-wielders, it is not difficult to recline on the seats with one eye on the field and the other on the further section of the grandstand and retain one's composure or peace of mind. But it is extremely difficult to retain the aforesaid state when the enemy is desecrating the final station with foreign spikes while the local representatives, by an unkind turn of fate, remain fastened to the various way-stations along the route...
...bill by Senator Charles Linza McNary of Oregon designed to meet the objections of President Coolidge and at the same time retain the favor of citizens who think that a thing called the Equalization Fee spells emancipation for Honest John Farmer. Just exactly what Honest John Farmer thinks about it is hard to tell, because he raises such a variety of crops with such various success that his attitude toward national farm relief legislation varies greatly and his many spokesmen often disagree. But the new McNary Bill, not to be confused with the oldtime McNary-Haugen Bill of which this...
ALREADY in its third printing, Schnitzler's "Daybreak," has quite proved its right of succession to "Rhapsody." Probably no living writer excells this author in the short episodic novel form. Old enough to retain the fine art of story telling, Schnitzler knows the use of the new school of psychology, and employs it without intrusion. The story is remarkable for its drama, and yet the author escapes the melodramatic without sacrificing emotion...
...ever matriculated at the university. The trouble is that Terry remembers far too much. He knows, I feel certain, my mark in French was A. and when I went on probation and why. In fact, I would not put it above his marvelous memory to retain the unimportant information that in social ethics I received an F. Much that I did in Harvard I have tried to live down, and when I want to go upon a party I hardly think it would be pleasant to be reminded at the very door of gayety that once I was far less...
...stated several times that Harvard is not working towards the organization of Oxford and Cambridge as a goal when it adopts certain of their features, but will make use only of those things that seem adaptable. The same applies to the other institutions of Europe. The older universities will retain for some time the attractions of age and tradition and thereby attract a limited number of graduate students, but no longer can they hope to secure dominance in the new world by a wholesale transplantation of their methods...