Word: rule
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...emphasized the same fundamental defect in the schedule of things which pass current for education. Mirza wrote to his friend Usbek: "My observation convinces me that, in spite of all their pother and noisy activity, few of these young men really know what they are about. Their universal rule seems to be: 'Do something. Get busy. Fill the hour. Make every minute count--never mind what it counts for--and in four years the magic of hustle-bustle will transform us into educated...
...advice will be needed in meeting the new warm spell, for summer attire and disattire are already the rule. And if the combination of heat and examination is too much for some heads, just remember that it is soon over. But for the present, "Who made this damn weather anyway...
...procure an appropriation of five thousand dollars in order to paint a building which is in no great need of paint, than to get authority to spend five hundred dollars upon a rare and costly book which is only needed for scholarly research. It is significant that those who rule our universities sometimes actually think and speak of them after the manner of business enterprises...
...former, its rule and doctrine, to the last detail, will be decreed by its General Assembly. This body is elective, contains some learned and some ignorant men, debates many things hastily and may decide a most intricate question by a vote...
Despite the very informal attire which became the rule among undergraduates in an effort to avoid the heat the clothing stores reported a record breaking business selling light flannel trousers and linen knickers. One salesman declared that his organization disposed of its entire stock of knickers in the first two days of blistering heat and had to send in a rush order for 100 more pairs...