Word: role
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...approaching class debates fill an important role, and ought to be better attended. They afford men the opportunity of self expression on vital topics free from the restriction of section men or editors. They are the only method of unearthing talent for the University Triangulars. Valuable not alone for these reasons, but as one of the very few institutions by which an ancient and honorable art is maintained, they recompense well all those who are serious enough to work for them...
...delightful kind. The author will speak in Symphony Hall this evening, so that members of the Corps who do not go will be haunted for days by, "You ought to have been there." Notebooks should be left at home, for at this lecture seriousness is censored. "The Role of the High Command" is not so much the subject as "The Role of Thomas Atkins...
...tactics of defense and attack. There was begun the valuable series of lectures which extended through the course, treating in turn such various important phases of modern warfare as the grenade, the automatic rifle, the machine gun, field fortifications, trench routine, principles of infantry in modern combat, and the role of the high command...
...delegation of King Constantine of Greece to the role of Lear by the persuasive pressure of the Allies adds one more to that large and by no means complete list of citizens of nowhere who were once kings...
...charm, and grace, placed her Mildred as one of the best pieces of acting of the theatrical year. Mr. Vekey succeeded in building up a wholly consistent and real figure, second only to Miss Victor's, while Mr. Mack brought to Asano unusual comprehension and ability in a difficult role. Mr. Lowe was quietly sincere, and Miss Martin was more than acceptable. The father was sadly over-played, and the stock strain showed in the acting of several of the others. Mr. Craig seemed weirdly out of place as the Leper with a painful, whispery, enunciation. There were...