Word: selects
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Positions as summer camp councillors are desirable. They are comparatively plentiful although application for them must be made early in the year. Directors of summer camps usually start in shortly after Christmas to select their men for the following summer. By the first of April the staffs are pretty well complete so that it behooves a man to start in very early if he wishes this sort of work. Some special qualifications are usually required. A man must be a good swimmer, must be able to sail a boat, must understand woodcraft, nature study, and it is usually desirable that...
Those men who have already had pictures taken must return the proofs by Friday. The picture which is preferred must be marked or the committee will select the picture to be used...
...protracted assassination." The weapon: a smooth steel club with a crook in it and a wooden haft. The assassin: a swart, puss-footed gentleman with a debonair smile, immaculate raiment and merciless accuracy of eye and wrist. He dealt his blows delicately, at infrequent intervals, seeming to select moments when he could most bitterly annoy his prey. His prey: a chunky, blond youth with a grim but cheerful smile...
...display of obstinacy which has thus far characterized the present conference of the League indicates that nationalism still continues to bar the progress of international cooperation. The question of enlarging the council has proved a serious stumbling block. By promising Germany a permanent seat in the select little coterie of the inner chamber, the Locarno signatories felt that they were merely restoring their erstwhile foe to her former place among the European powers...
...student to take his mental intoxicants from modern turmoil is, however, hurrying his ultimate fate. Allow him first to realize that education is not merely supplementary to life but preparatory for life, that it can create the character of life, for it is not bound to select its creeds from momentary enthusiasms but can range the whole field of knowledge and the whole history of man for its expression...