Word: shun
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Such is the case of the amateur tennis players, a case that is hard to defend on any grounds, since it is not at all clear why those who are good at one thing must shun it as a visible means of support, relying on the power of their names for assistance in what they do wretchedly. Love of the game is often cited as the motive for this mesalliance, but it is a love without restraint that advocates a March training camp, a love of the Davis Cup rather than the game for which it stands...
...Pensendorfer factory at West Berlin, N. J., the workmen need have no names. They have only three rules to obey: keep straight, shun booze, work hard. Ex-convicts skilled at woodworking are welcome at West Berlin...
...have talent, persistence, courage and the inward flame! First, have you God-given talent? If so, carry on beyond all obstacles! You must have the moral courage to face defeat smilingly, to keep your head up, your eyes straight to the front, and to shun the temptation of the primrose path. Carry on till you sing to 'His Glory,' till you can make a weary people forget the troubles of reality. And good luck go with you. Now I shall open my door. I want to go into the arms of my mother, my dad-who always believed...
...before it is started it should be said that "The Big Parade" a year ago did not take anything away from the present war film at the Majestic. "What Price Glory" has so much that is excellent in motion picture development that even an individual who has sworn to shun every war picture must grant that here is one which is really worth seeing, and that before Saturday night...
...often the case that men of standing and ability shun public office because of the difficulties they are likely to encounter through the trickery of cheap politicians...