Word: soundingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this is no mystery to the undergraduate. The proper expounding of "From April 19 to April 25 inclusive" can safely be left to his ingenuity, and he begins his interpretation by ignoring the mechanical sound of an official "spring recess" and talks yearningly of "spring vacation" for months beforehand. It means that, long since weary of sloppy pavements and chill breezes around the corner of the library, he can betake himself to the country where things are getting green as well as sloppy, and where the chilliness of the breeze can be discounted because one naturally expects to be cold...
...best loved commissioner," "the most efficient" "the most tactful"?to the sound of such words, and of boisterous demonstrations, Henry Hastings Curran ferried away from his post of Immigration Commissioner at Ellis Island, to which three years ago he brought deep knowledge, experience, keen intelligence...
...Half Caste is one of those seethingly tropical things which sound suspiciously as if the author had never been nearer Pago-Pago than a ukelele store. It tells of a fine young U.S. yachtsman who falls in love with one of the island damsels. Later she turns out to be his half sister. A dancer* named Veronica has the leading role...
These things are, however, simply introduction to the major matter. That is the performance of Alice Brady. In one marvelous and uncanny bound she thrusts herself ahead of all other players, male and female, for the season. Sound and discerning folk have called hers the finest performance they have ever seen...
...desire for the creation of a "new college" has long been known, if not completely understood. So with the publishing in the current "New Republic" of the formulated idea of the "new college" one can determine more precisely just whether or not he believes Dr. Meiklejohn's plan either sound or necessary...