Word: solider
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...business in Wall Street - with The Rover Company, Inc. - and undoubtedly they lunch together on crackers-and-milk, that manna of the American business man, and they have the newest radio sets and sometimes get Cuba on them-they brush their teeth with the newest well advertised dentifrice-just solid, honest, Godfearing, 100% Americans
...Army of the Potomac, he recovered only as it closed. He then tried an adventure in raising cotton in the South, followed by another in oil wells in the West, both unfortunate, and it was not until after these failures that he entered the firm where he laid the solid foundation for the fortune and public philanthropy that made him the first citizen of his city. William James in youth essayed to be an artist, then went through the Medical School, but never practiced medicine or made any notable success in medical science. It was not until...
...addition all the ships are being armed with cannon varying from one-pounders to four-inch guns. Sanction has at last been given to fire directly on the rum runners, with solid shot, and not merely across their bows...
...Significance. A solid, truthful portrayal of American life in a town that is neither Gopher Prarie nor Zenith but just as typical as either? written without shrieking or melo-dramatics?native as Dakota wheat...
Harvard has never been inclined to wear its heart upon its sleeve and the charge of indifference is not a new one. But it has always been possible to reply that, without any sentimental enthusiasm, Harvard has maintained an attitude of sanity and solid thought. It is tempting to suggest that in their search for intellectual enthusiasm, our critical reformers have overlooked real intellectual development and accomplishment...