Word: solidity
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...freshmen should not deduce from this, however, that their victories are not required while the University teams are successful. Rather should they know that the upperclassman feels a really supreme, solid contentment only when the deeds of the freshmen emulate the powers of the varsity or even exceed it. Without disputing that profound statement about the child being father to the man, one might safely advance the theory that the freshmen team is father to the varsity strange as that sounds and while exceptions have been noted, consistently, good freshmen teams usually guarantee consistently good varsity teams...
Herr Hitler. Adolph Hitler is an Austrian who came into prominence after the murder of the Bolshevik Kurt Eisner in 1919. Since then his power has steadily been increasing, owing principally to the solid support he has received from the enigmatic General von Ludendorff. His principal role is that of Commander of the Hitler Guards or Bavarian Fascisti, a body apparently formed to take the place of Kahr's Einwohnerwehr in fighting the Bolsheviki, but in reality to forward the Monarchist cause. Politically Hitler believes in the restoration of the head of the Hohenzollern dynasty as King of Prussia...
...seems certain, as far as anything is certain, that the Rhineland will not secede. The Separatists are a noisy minority and the rest of the Reich, chiefly on account of the economic value of the Ruhr, is solid for no separation. Moreover the Allies are pledged to refuse recognition to a Rhineland Republic (see page 7), although there can be no doubt that France would welcome a separate Rhineland State as giving her more protection against future German aggression...
...Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania took a fortnight's vacation at Milford, Pa., during which he observed the nation's reaction to his settlement of the coal strike. Unfortunately for Mr. Pinchot's Presidential aspirations, he comes from what is regarded as a solid Republican state. Pennsylvania is expected to vote Republican whether or not one of her sons leads the ticket. " So," say politicians, "why pick a Pennsylvanian ? " But the prospects of Mr. Pinchot's securing even the Pennsylvania delegation are not too bright. Mr. Pinchot is a reformer and an outsider to the great...
...detect sapping operations of the Germans underground, has been developed by U. S. Engineers for rescue work in mines, gauging tunnel borings, etc. It contains diaphragms like a seismograph, which transmit the most delicate vibrations to the observer's ears. Sledge pounding can be detected 3,000 feet through solid rock, and ordinary talking through 50 feet of coal...