Word: sections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Matter of an indecent, lewd, lascivious, obscene, libelous, scurrilous, defamatory or threatening character" is barred from the U. S. mails and the sender is subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 or not more than five years imprisonment or both- Section 212, U. S. Penal Code...
...third section man coughed slightly. A big man in his class two or three years before, he had avoided his present colleagues for four years...
...Harvard man demurred. "A section man's answers should, I believe, have a certain pungency or alliteration or something that will pique the attention. Something like 'Too tenuous' or 'You do not catch the bite of the question'. That's the way one writes magazine articles...
They were on a subject dear to the heart of the old Master, as the student who "knew him when", called the recently graduated section man. He warmed instantly...
When the first of the newly-devised "reading periods" at Harvard University are put into effect shortly, to take the place of lectures, recitations, section meetings, and tutorial conferences for a given period, the old saying. "You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink," is going to be changed to read, "Will a horse drink if you don't lead him to the trough...