Word: shows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mitigate such militant expressions of the Monroe Doctrine as the Nicaraguan broil, to justify the dollar sign from U. S. diplomacy south of Key West, in short, to show that though circumstance makes him seem a Caesar, the President of the U. S. is but the tribune of a peacefully potent and ambitious people,?what better gesture than for the President of the U. S. to attend a forum of what must not be thought of as the U. S. provinces; to appear, congratulate, speak and depart as a respectfully interested figure no more dominant?save by chance?than...
...watch chain, "and I'm proud of it. In 1922, on the eve of the Harvard-Yale gridiron battle, when the Crimson eleven was on pins and needles in New Haven, I grubbed with them and tried to cheer them up a bit. We had a great show and I promised them every box in the house if they licked the Elis the next day. Whether they remembered this promise in the heat of the battle I don't know, but they won and that's all that mattered. They sure didn't forget me afterwards. They packed the house...
...Council's amendment of the disputed sixth clause in the Powers of its Constitution in which it claims the right "to prohibit any man who show an indisposition to respect the recommendation of the Council from becoming and remaining a member of any college activity subject to open competition," is weak. To add "in order fully to protect the rights of the undergraduate body" fails to invalidate any of the objections offered by the CRIMSON on December 8. The matter is merely further befogged and the new words introduced are conciliatory, without being explanatory. As the clause now stands...
Leatherbee, the new president, has played in four of the Dramatic Club's productions and has held leading roles in the last two. Harrington has been in three of the organization's plays and played an important part in the show this fall. Morris, the secretary, has been in charge of the Properties Department during the fall production of the club. The two other members of the Executive Committee, Batchelder and Gerrish, are members of the Subscription and Stage Departments respectively...
...wonderful guy, you know. I've never seen a man work so hard before. Get me? Once a show starts he never leaves it from the first rehearsal until it's several, weeks under way--that's where his success lies. He is always prowling around, fixing up things here and there well so long kid were off to the big city...