Word: shake
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...walls of the Union, which have echoed to the mighty reverberations of Harvard rallies, will shake with mirth this evening, for Copey makes his annual bow. Those whom he has in years past enthralled with his declamatory ability and delighted with his originality will acclaim him, and those who know for the first time this famed denizen of the Yard will soon become his idolaters. This evening's reading is an event impatiently awaited both by the intimates of this marvel and by those who reverently regard him from a distance...
What is the chance of such a sinking? Is it impossible? The grizzled mariner would shake his head. Nothing is impossible. In two ways may a ship be sunk?by being crushed, by being capsized. Naval architects are not hired to design ships that a storm could crush. Such a feat would yield neither profit nor honor. But capsize ? Everything that floats, or nearly everything, can be capsized. A ship that rolls easily is best, for she knows how to right herself. Of course, she is less comfortable for passengers than one who keeps an even keel in ordinary weathers...
This week Coach Farrell will try to shake the team out of Saturday's costly slump in preparation for the Intercollegiates, on Monday, November 24. Last year, after losing to Dartmouth, Maine, Tech, and Yale, the Crimson came back in the Intercollegiates, defeating all four and finishing third...
...more important is the shake-up of the Conservative Party. Who did it? No doubt the "Shadow Cabinet" of all the talents. The fact remains that they have done for Conservatism what Disraeli did for it in the last century ? they have modernized it; hence the oft-quoted epithet: "The Conservatives of to day would have been the Radicals of yesterday."But in following Disraeli's tactics, they have reaffirmed his principles. The fight which Conservatives and Liberals have won against the Laborites has ended in a victory for the rights of individuals over the rights of the State...
George Bernard Shaw arose, last week, before a gathering of Art students in London. Said he: "The King of England is obliged to go to the Goodwood races, to the football cup ties and to shake hands with the players. But he is not expected to go to the Royal Academy. It would be a nine days' sensation if he made a practice of shaking hands with artists...