Word: seem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some 300 pages of simple narrative he tells his tale, with a sincerity and depth of feeling which make the senile ramblings, the studiedly naive wisecracks of Trader Hour seem entirely inconsequential...
...Five men seem to have the lead at present in the competition for coxswain: E. L.Belisle '31, coxswain on last year's Freshman crew, F. S. Holmes '31, M. T. Nichols '31, Irving Neiman '29, and L. L. Wadsworth...
...splendor, no mirrored nightclub radiance greet there the visitor to Cambridge. Yet Harvard and its traditions are not of the tinsel type; and though the gray University bedecks itself now and then for merrymaking, it cannot forget its real hue. New England solidity, Harvard, the Union, the Dance, all seem to merge for the night; but the parts show through. They are all of the tradition...
...opinion, one of the most important causes for this impending collapse of our civilization is the demoralizing effect of the American motion picture upon the minds of the people of the world. Directors seem to want not only to please the public, but to educate them to the cheap things. We have reached a fine state of affairs indeed, when a bunch of ignorant movie directors try to improve upon the works of the world's greatest writers and as a result drag their masterpieces down to the level of cheap comedy. Look what they did when they...
...merely another term for attracting business, efficiency and practically are the generally accepted motives for the programme. As a result of observations made on his South American trip, Hoover has concluded that diplomatic primacy should be centered in Latin America rather than in Europe; for there, legations seem to be diminishing in their demands for unusually gifted diplomats, since policies and ententes already are firmly established...