Word: sound
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Thomas Jefferson's sentence (with 38 words of preliminary phrasing) was: "... I should unwillingly be the person who, disregarding the sound precedent set by an illustrious predecessor, should furnish the first example of prolongation beyond the second term of office...
...been refused (TIME, March 7). This and other facts bolstered up a British theory that President Coolidge wanted a "European diplomatic victory" for use in campaigning for re-election and might be prepared to yield a good deal to get it. Thus the British Government reputedly did not sound out the U. S. Administration quite so thoroughly as would have been wise had they expected strong resistance to their demands...
These compliments, two months old, may last week have turned to ashes for President Pease when he heard no authoritative Amherst voice sound forth to deny that, a "good" man having just been found, a "great" man might almost immediately displant him. But solace for President Pease, if he needed any, lay in the fact that one of his staunchest friends and promoters was Amherst Trustee Dwight W. Morrow, staunch friend and promoter, politically, and also classmate, of President Coolidge...
...Institute progressed by means of lectures to the assembled membership, debates before the house and discussion at smaller "round tables" led by experts. Facts and feelings, panoramas and programs, platitudes, witticisms, sound sense and bombast filled the air as they were to fill it for a month. The leading guests were mostly foreigners, the leading topics mostly international, including...
...want young fellows," said Colonel Green, "with good ideas and no money ... to feel that here is a place where they can come. I will grubstake them when their ideas appear sound, and let them perfect and experiment. If they develop anything marketable, they can take it out and it is theirs...