Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...standards, and customs in New England institutions during the eighties. The famous teachers as well as the famous buildings, moreover, are accorded the honour of illustrations, which are quite prolific in the book. The buildings qualify because of age, the men because their names, even to present day ears, ring very familar, though most are gone. The number of these familiar names is a partial justification of the book itself, a reminders that, although then as always a small puddle, New England served as the habitat of many large frogs. Hazing, dining, studying, and athletics, together with instances of curious...
...gradually insert larger and larger plugs. At last two wooden discs as large as soup plates, each edged with stretched lip, will hang down from the beautified face, almost prevent speech, and render eating extremely difficult. Complete the beautification by filing the teeth to sharp points and hanging a ring in the nose. Then, in the French Colony of Senegal, West Africa, the woman so adorned may expect to command an excellent price from a wife-seeker...
...chief club, The Turf Club (Chicago). His sons, Devere Joseph and George Joseph Jr., are in civil service and sportdom, respectively. George Joseph Jr. achieved some fame as a pugilist (nom de combat, "Jose Alvarez, the Mexican Kid") and fought "Kid" MacPartland to a bloody draw in his last ring appearance, in Illinois. Mr. Warner Jr. now bets on race horses...
...well be asked, with all these far-reaching agencies right under his nose cannot the young journalist gain a first hand and accurate conception of politics which will be invaluable to him when he throws his own hat in the political ring? Unfortunately this young journalist will find no "open sesame...
...then alone, and so forth. There are those, ladies and gentlemen, who prefer the bull fight; there are those who prefer the cock fight; and "Ghost Train" still draws crowds; but, and here may I quote Hamilton Jefferson Detroit Plymouth who said, "If a circus have but a single ring, that ring rings true...