Word: seem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...resettlement of the Stadium controversy is surrounded with the pointed criticisms of those who would tell the administration, tell the H. A. A., tell anyone in fact, how it should best be done. In general, however, the figures seem to render the present decision unquestionable...
...America, appeared before the committee on Interstate Commerce, on January 17, 1928. He argued, among other things, that there was no problem of interstate transmission of electricity to be investigated. He said, "Based on the study made by the School of Business Administration of Harvard University, it would seem that the interstate traffic in the sale of Kilowatt hours amounts to only 9.06 per cent out of the total output in this country...
...affecting scenes of the celebration. The marshal of the day called "the class of 1759." There was no response--the only survivor, a gentleman from Maine, being incapacitated from attendance. Successive classes were summoned; there was a hush over that immense concourse that would have made a footfall seem loud. At length "the class of 1744" was called; a feeble old man stepped forth, and passed along the aisle alone. A reaction was experienced, and a burst of animated cheers followed his tottering foot-steps. It was a grand moment. I know nothing finer in the poetry of life...
...time would seem ripe for some new gentlemen's agreement which would bring to Harvard and her major competitors an equal share in the disadvantages of a certain proportion of public practice sessions. With all parties starting thus from scratch, no one could pipe up and point to defeats as the result of too few secret practices; and the team might regain some of that organic unity with the student and alumni, the loss of which has lead to the recent plaintive whining about lack of vocal support...
...indeed, it would seem at first glance, a subject pregnant with merriment. But the Vagabond, true to his nature, attacked the material--and found it with few exceptions pure gold, a few nuggets of which he will give his readers. For example, the description of some of the advertisements: "The said magazine contained a certain advertisement under the following caption: Gland Glad, Papa's Silent Partner. The aforesaid advertisements represented that the use of its product 'Brings quick animation, ready response, lingering satisfaction. If your vitality is low gladden your glands... Be a he-man'; when in truth...