Word: staled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...splinter group which split off from the Young Democrats last October, yesterday told the CRIMSON he did not think the Democrats were serious about going through with the suit. He said he was sure the club had finished "blowing off steam" about what he termed that "rather old, stale joke." Curry added that "those irresponsible fools couldn't possibly win a civil suit...
...idea is neither new nor stale. Oxford's Union is a hallowed, tail-and-cutaway institution including the one aura of heckling. Yale's Political Union and Princeton's Whig-Cliosophic Society have flourished for years, each have over 300 members. Attracted by their success, Columbia has recently taken up the idea...
...seem to fail to recognize that the best education is not necessarily the most expensive. Even if this is a disputable proposition, our circumstances demand that we set ourselves to trying to prove to the world that it is true. Instead, we seem to acquiesce to the stale view that the ideal of a good education is only attainable by means of more and more outlay. We decide, for example, that athletes have their place in a perfect educational scheme, so we include a further subsidy to that department in a tuition rise that is serious enough in itself. Could...
...Sometimes," said Dr. Kaufman, "a woman who resents her husband serves him none of the foods he enjoys. If her resentment reaches intense hatred, meat is scorched, bread is stale, vegetables are cold and soggy. The husband begins his retaliation by criticizing her food, and ends by paying her alimony...
...Nothing but misery," said the landlady. The cops patiently examined the heavy figure on the chair. Rodger P. Stewart's suit had holes in the knees. His shoes were run down. There were a few prunes in the room, some stale bread and some rice. The cops listened to a recital of the old man's Spartan way of life: he had risen every day at 5, had gone to Mass, then to a public library to read. He had no visitors. He retired each night at 7. Some of the policemen recalled that he cadged dimes...