Word: seem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...either ironic or foolish in the extreme to predict the ultimate eclipse of Nominee Smith by the man who is still trying, perhaps harder than any one else, to make him a lasting national figure. The Roosevelt nomination did, however, seem almost certain to make national political history of some kind...
...would be unfair for them to compete against men who were actually in needs of funds. Even in the absence of pure altruism, such men might use this aspect of the situation to justify a lack of initiative on their part. Work in an undergraduate activity for pay might seem detrimental to their self-respect, as savoring too much of "professionalism." These considerations would tend to eliminate from competition for high positions most of those who did not need the money...
...first place, to students from schools where the honor system in any of its various shapes may have held sway, it will doubtless seem strange, and at first unpleasant, that at Harvard all tests above the rank of "section quizzes" are supervised by proctors appointed by the College Office. Their duties are two-fold; not only to see that students do not employ dishonest methods but also to distribute blue books and papers, collect them at the close of the period, sort and check them, and in general take charge of the conduct of the examination. They are not present...
...laughed consumedly" is one of the famous bits of the play. Archer and Aimwell, the Restoration gentlemen, played by Arthur Sircom and Milton Owen, fail to convince. Their stilted stage poise is an overdoing of the mannerisms of the epoch they mean to portray. The characters they should represent seem always just without their reach...
...others may well take heart, for though the Senior may be sitting and thinking, and dreaming of finals to be, the Freshman, far from being warned by his lot, is ever ready to learn from any tidy live heathen that turns up. And while the hardy perennials at Radcliffe seem to be attracting Harvard horticulturists in increasing numbers, there are still many connoisseurs likely to be attracted by the delicate buds of the night-blooming cereus...