Word: selects
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...affecting the Negro least of all. In a lecture recently delivered before the British Empire Cancer Fund, Dr. Lester Samuels reported that there are about 525 deaths from cancer per million Jews to 800 deaths per million Gentiles. It is also apparent that certain forms of cancer seem to select certain races in preference to others...
...there any normal father in all the land who was going to bribe a public official and imperil his reputation and character, who would select his only son to carry the bribe? The selection of that only son was the very indicia that the man who sent the money had nothing in his mind which was evil or corrupt. . . . Does a bribed official give or send to a briber a promissory note for the bribe...
...plain living a: Harvard there is no getting together, no unity or bond of any sort, save the select and over-rated clubs, whose membership is often composed of the "don't-cares" rather than of really big men. Of the latter there are plenty at Harvard, too; they come prepared to give their best, and, finding it often unwanted, draw within their shells and seek to protect themselves with the same indifference which they despise. Averse to the charge of "sour grapes," they say nothing, and so remain a silent, unorganized, unhappy element in Harvard life...
This attitude might be permissible were he referring to public libraries in general. But Widener library is not a public library. It is the private library of Harvard University used by a select group of fairly mature students possessed of good breeding and good sense. These men need no "great-grandmotherly" supervision of their morals and the attempt to infringe their independence of thought is an insult to their character...
...revues now being shown in New York and Boston has influenced some of the men to favor this type of performance, but so much talent would be needed that it is doubtful if such a thing will be attempted. The result will rest largely with the Committee who will select the winning play. If the best play submitted is a revue, a revue will be given, if not, a play with an intricate plot, including many skits and lyrics, will be acted...