Word: sit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...find a corner of the Oak Room in the Parker House, Boston, reserved for them every Wednesday between 12.15 and 1.45 o'clock. No formal luncheons are ordered so that men can drop in at any time between these hours. They can order what they want, or merely "sit in," and talk for a few minutes about any subject they wish with at times, some discussion of plans for a Class Day Reunion or of other class business...
...expected early in the season. The men seemed nervous in the beginning, and Bach's chorus, which demanded a powerful tone, was overdone. The violin obligate added little to Schumann's "Gypsy Life." Then, the program seemed rather long. Two hours and a half is quite a while to sit through any concert of this kind, especially when the program lacks some of the swinging numbers such as were sung last year. At the previous concert in Symphony Hall it was evident that the public came largely to hear Mr. Kreisler, and his large allotment of time was most fitting...
There is something sacred about a Christmas number which Lampy has been quick to perceive and he has striven to prepare a feast of humour at which Anthony Comstock would not have blushed to sit down. Occasionally a quip becomes recalcitrant and breaks loose, only to be swallowed up again by full page close-ups of the interior of the Lampoon building. But this is, after all, only what is to be expected in a Christmas number, and there are frequent flashes of decided Jevity, such as an unintentional likeness of Professor Rand performing on skiis, a clever whack...
...usually in constant fear of losing his job, he is inclined to go too far in enjoying the unusual and pleasant situation created for him by exceptional conditions such as in the past war. Realizing that he may be forced back into his old job and compelled to sit tight in a short time, he makes the most of his opportunity by moving from factory to factory and trying job after job so that he can pick out the best position while he has the chance...
...British government, as represented by Bonar Law, realizes that most Americans will take a "reasonable view" of all such propaganda. But the British government is becoming justifiably restless under the continued succession of insults and hostility from this side of the Atlantic. Nor will American, "reasonableness" sit idly by much longer. Those who would make of this country a "Greater Ireland" would do well to observe the signs of the times...