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Word: sit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...committee, which was expected to sit for two weeks, was under the presidency of ex-Premier Hammarskjoeld of Sweden. George Woodward Wickersham, onetime (1909-13) Attorney General of the U. S., was one of the members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: International Law | 4/13/1925 | See Source »

When King Victor heard that a mutilatto,*wished to see him he granted the audience at once. In the Royal presence, Piroli's legs declined to support him and the King, sensing his predicament, invited the maimed soldier to sit beside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Affairs: Royal Benevolence | 4/13/1925 | See Source »

...Arlen found Connelly a friend is an excellent commentary on the quality of his mind. Both Mr. Stephens and Mr. Arlen have a respect for chivalry and a love for fantasy that separates them from most present-day writers. I suspect that if Marc Connelly ever finds time to sit down and write prose fiction, he will find himself doing something of real importance. A little Irish blood goes a long way toward making a poet and I suppose there is Irish in Mr. Connelly (and in Mr. Marquis). If you are interested in the graceful, the light, the quixotic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life | 4/13/1925 | See Source »

...your Apr. 6 issue, Page 3, you mention a "nine-chaired" table at which members of the Interstate Commerce Commission are supposed to sit. Since there are eleven members of the Commission, I am wondering how they are going to dispose themselves over the nine chairs. Will you please elucidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Pah! | 4/13/1925 | See Source »

...more reasonable adjustment of the two systems course and tutorial will confer the added benefits of freeing some gifted teachers for a share of tutorial work. It will also give the undergraduate time to sit in on lecture courses which he finds quite impossible at present. If the tutorial system does indeed foster the end for which the College is established, is there any reason why the old system should not be firmly shaped to allow it full scope...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MEANS AND ENDS | 4/11/1925 | See Source »

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