Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bookplate for Winthrop House is in the process of being made by an artist in England. A rough design has been received for approval and corrections made. The names of the two John Winthrops, the governor and the professor, are inscribed on the plate along with the Winthrop arms...
...this rough-&-tumble by-play irritated Senator Costigan. He and his fellow-Harvardman Bronson Cutting constitute the Senate's two lone esthetes. It occurred to Senator Costigan that, having studied the problem for months, he or Senator La Follette might have been consulted when a substitute program was undertaken...
That the post-hockey game subway riots have passed from the stage of youthful, good-natured rough-housing and become annoying detriments to Harvard's reputation has long been evident. Still they have occurred with regularity. Afterwards there was always the lesson, then the exhortation; but to the amazement of most upperclassmen, another riot would follow. In recognizing the seriousness of the situation and in making an appeal to every student's sense of decorum the student. Council has given official force to a feeling which has been growing steadily. The threat of drastic and final action by the University...
...silent, hands folded attentively in his lap. On the rare occasions when he does speak, he asks in advance not to be interrupted and then begins to read: "The Navy is the first line of defense. . . .'' No orator, his voice lacks resonance and pitch. When drawn into rough-&-tumble debate on the Navy, he becomes fussed and nervous...
...Young and Pilot Marshall S. Boggs were testing experimental radio equipment in flight when their engine went dead at 500 ft. Unable to reach the field, Pilot Boggs set the plane down in rough ground where it nosed over, a wreck. He climbed out unhurt. Col. Young's legs were cut, bruised...