Word: sorts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those tight little Englanders who look upon their colonies in a motherly sort of way, Canada's action in registering independently a treaty at the headquarters of the League will come as a severs, if not unexpected shock. The apron-strings which bind the dominions to the home government have never been pulled too tight, at least not in a hundred, years. But it must be painful to the benevolent conquerors of a large part of the globe to discover such readiness, nay, anxiety to throw off the maternal leading-strings...
...University that Coach Fisher will be retained as head coach in spite of the many reports to the contrary which have appeared from time to time. The Athletic Committee may not make a final decision on the matter at tonight's meeting, however, though an announcement of some sort is expected...
...eight-column scare headlines. The alumni have spoken, roared, or whined their grievances. Alumni interest in undergraduate affairs is welcome and necessary, and football comes, or ought to come, under the head of undergraduate affairs, despite the efforts of alumni to take it under their protecting wings. Yet the sort of interest which witnesses two or three major setbacks and immediately demands a new coach can be nothing but harmful. It is poor sportsmanship and poorer policy...
...scoreboard. There will always be people with a what's-the-matter-with-this-or-that complex. There will always be people with an inordinate desire to make themselves heard and usually their noise is inversely proportional to their knowledge. Harvard football has been unable to escape from this sort of interest, but the present committee will very properly ignore...
...swift, gave him the surest foundation for his political career. As a young barrister he reached the pinnacle of his fame in his able management of the great case between The Times and Parnell (1888-1890). A year later, he "took silk" (became a Queen's Counsellor, a sort of Elder Barrister...