Word: spent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Ford's "Oxford: an Opinion" is so modest in its claims to authority that it almost forestalls criticism. Yet the author shows that during the single term her spent in the English university, he kept his eyes open and his mind at work. A longer experience and deeper meditation might have led him to change his mind on some things, as, for example, that it is not difficult to get the English point of view, or that "refinement, because it is the most difficult part of education to attain, should therefore come last." Some things, on the other hand...
...small commission which President Eliot urges to reform municipal government in the United States, they could not possibly be intelligent about the needs of Boston or do the intelligent thing for Boston without first insuring records that will describe work done when done and account for money spent when spent in such a way that the average citizen of Boston would understand what he was getting for his money and what was not being done that he wanted done...
Christmas Day was spent in St. Louis. After the customary St. Louis Christmas breakfast of egg-nogg, which the men enjoyed without "having to be shown," the members of the Clubs were the guests at luncheon of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Markham at the Country Club. In the centre of the table was a Christmas tree, hung with a large number of little red stockings, which were later distributed to the guests. After luncheon there was dancing for about half an hour, followed by a hurried departure for the city, where afternoon tea was served at Mrs. Edward Mallinckrodt...
...next morning the Clubs arrived in Chicago and spent the forenoon in sightseeing. After luncheon they attended a tea and dance given for them by Mrs. Walter C. Larned. The concert in the evening at Orchestra Hall was the crowning success of the whole trip. An audience of two thousand completely filled the hall, and gave the Clubs as hearty a welcome as they have ever received. Every number was encored, and the Glee Club Quartet was received even more enthusiastically than ever before. The concert was followed by a smoker at the University Club, and a cotillion given...
...Cutting, who is the author of the article published today, is one of the foremost citizens of New York. He was born in New York in 1852, and has spent his entire life in the metropolis. He is President of the New York Trade School, the New York Citizens' Union, and the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor...