Word: sounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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College men are already accustomed to the thought of race suicide as a peculiar attribute of their class. The facts have often been stated with adequate figures to prove them. The strange part of it is that all such sweeping generalities sound impertinent to the individual. Society's plea for a dozen children is rendered of little account by the obvious personal advantages of having only one or two. It is evident that the entire matter tests with the individuals who compose society, and that the vague future good of the race is not in itself a very potent breeder...
There is probably no more sentimental scene in the world than the blind soldier and his old love. The authors have not entirely evaded its treacherous softnesses. Yet they have found a sound solution and filled the evening with tense moments cut by keen-edged lines. These circumstances added to exceptionally able performances by Patricia Collinge and Reginald Mason, put The Dark Angel among the finely flavored few that should be tasted...
...Wotan. "Twilight shall come upon the gods," she says; "their proud towers will crash down. Woe to Wotan." Shaken by this awful utterance, Wotan gives the ring to the Giants, forthwith leads the gods over a rainbow to Walhalla while through the brassy progress of his going rings a sound of far despair-the cry of the Rhinemaidens who lament, with sad throats from the depths of the river...
...support of this argument that she cited Sir Gilbert's uncanny proficiency in thought reading. She believed that in most cases neither sight, sound, smell, taste nor touch had any influence in the remarkable experiments conducted...
...Stagg has apparently overlooked the fact that it takes a fairly sound constitution to stand the "fast life" that he deplores. His statement to the effect that "our fathers" were of a more virile stamp is one which modern insurance statistics can easily disprove. And in view of the remarkable extension of intra and extra-mural college athletics one may read his statement with a shade of skepticism. The youth of today does indeed lead a "faster" life than did the older generation: but constant participation in healthful exercises has made this physically possible...