Word: shiftly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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English tradition not uncommonly associates the amateur sportsman with the public servant: " They who hunt also serve," " Every Englishman loves a lord," etc. Now the shift of economic power to the United States brings to America the problem of aristocracy. The modern world has known, generally speaking, two types of aristocracy: the English, based on obligation with honor; the French (of Louis XV), based on privilege without obligation. Which tradition is being accepted by rich Americans'? The answer will come from the sons of Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Stotesburys, Armours, Mel-Ions, Bakers, Biddies, Fords, who can, if they like, win Grand...
...basket, but before the Crimson could tie the score Conklin had shot two goals in succession giving the Blue a good lead. Baskets by Suisman, Conklin, and Lowenthal brought the score up to 13-8 in Yale's favor, with five minutes of the first half left. Here a shift was made in the Crimson forward line, Gordon taking McLeish's place as forward and Miller going back to center, but no marked change was visible and the half ended a few minutes later with the score 15-11 in favor of Yale...
...twelve-hour shift in industry will not stay out of the news. Every week some new organization or group of investigators declares the twelve-hour day dangerous, inhuman, and unnecessary, and at least every other week Judge Gary or one of his technical experts denies the charge. The history of the movement against the twelve-hour shift shows that criticism of industries using the long work day is becoming more and more conservative and respectable. At first only a few radicals and professional muckrakers protested. Then the American Federation of Labor began a series of futile efforts to organize...
After the first tally the play quickened up considerably, but the Crimson was not able to bring continued pressure to bear on the Yale secondary line until the middle of the third period when the whole defense was moved up. The shift gave the University unquestionable superiority on Yale ice but it also made the last two goals possible...
There are two solutions. The simplest is to shift the responsibility to the collective imagination of the audience. Drape the stage with silk curtains, put two chairs in front, twin beds in the rear, and page Mr. Avery Hopwood. Or (as in Dagmar, the sophisticated melodrama with Nazi mova), put three beach chairs on a yellow stage with a blue backdrop and call it the seashore. In Mary the 3rd, Rachel Crothers' humorous tragedy of incompatibility, the first two scenes are mounted only with draperies, a modicum of furniture, and off-stage music...