Word: snap
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Naturally such a procedure would conceivably work hardships. There may be men in the lower two groups who are passionately fond of music and these unfortunates will suffer. Yet the "snap course" evil is worth diminishing and if this is one means to an end, the end will more than justify...
...when the first gentleman of the land will have a " soft snap...
...Show. "Take a Brace", which they are to direct. Mr. Silvers has been Al Jolson's musical director for several years. He has also done work for George M. Cohan and D. W. Griffith. Among the well-known song-hits that he has written are "April Showers" and "Just Snap Your Fingers at Care". Mr. Lee is a well-known producer on Broadway. His latest work has been with the "Gingham Girl", a success in New York during the past winter. Mr. Schwab, now owner and producer of the "Gingham Girl", is also assisting. Mr. Silvers is in general charge...
...minutes and 55 seconds of manoeuvering in the second session when Reid followed up a rebound. Captain Bulkeley had carried the puck down through the Crimson defense for a hard shot at the cage, but it bounced back from Bigelow's protectors and Reid was on the spot to snap it into the net. The other two tallies came in quick succession in the last four minutes of play. The University had put all her men into a last attack in the hope of tying the score, so when Bulkeley got the puck deep in the Yale territory he carried...
...fact, carried but logically, the idea would effectively squelch all interest in debatable affairs, for college men cannot expect to be omniscient on any subject, and as long as their information is even partly incomplete, their opinions are bound to be influenced by the imperfections which the critic condemns. Snap judgments, to be sure, are valueless as judgments; but if a student, even from the bare data of headlines or hearsay, expresses an honest conviction, he is at least displaying a commendable concern for affairs; and from the disputes which his remarks may arouse, he can be persuaded to more...