Word: sit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...support from the public, while enthusiastic, was small-too small. H. A. Saintsbury, the principal actor, was about to speak when a white-haired old gentleman stood up in the stalls. He said he had never missed a Drury Lane production for 50 years. The audience told him to sit down; he refused. "I'm so sorry," he continued, "that this beautiful play is to stop that I'll guarantee its run for two more weeks. But being a Scotsman, I'll drive a hard bargain with the management-all profits must go to theatrical charity...
...early years of its existence, peerage was regarded as a burden, for individuals were summoned to sit in the House of Lords more or less at random, the tenure continuing for no definite space of time, and bringing with it no dignity. But soon it was recognized that the office carried with it a certain honor and opportunity for advancement. Gradually the titles became permanent, and finally hereditary, until the right to a seal in the House of Lords by right of ancestry has been sanctioned by constitutional usage...
Saturday, June 30, is to be "Jocko Conlon Day" at Braves Field. On that afternoon the baseball fans of Woburn will present A.J. Conlon '22, who was captain of the University baseball team last year, with a gift and will sit in a special cheering section in his honor. The Braves on that day will meet the New York Giants...
...Harvard alumnus who refuses to sit with "Governors of Massachusetts, Mayors of Boston, barbers and special guests...
...unfortunate that as soon as Uncle Sam and John Bull sit down together to smoke a quiet pipe of peace, one or the other always lets slip some inadvertent bit which blights their budding amity. Uncle Sam, with his bluff, outspoken manner, has been charged most frequently with this offense, but now there can be no doubt that John has been the offender. However happy Americans have felt over the settlement of the British debt question, they cannot but take umbrage now when London challenges New York's title to speed. Certainly nothing could teach them more nearly, and they...