Word: stuffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...American Mr. Gilbert is made of sterner stuff. Said he to the cameramen: "This is no movie show ; there are not going to be any photographs of this...
...explosion gases of the Ethyl Gasoline, nor with the gasoline itself, but with the 1,000 times more concentrated tetraethyl lead. They had been transferring it into containers to be sent to gasoline stations where it is diluted with the oil. They probably breathed the fumes of the poisonous stuff. Apparently the effect of taking the poison in this way is cumulative and not felt until a considerable dose, possibly a fatal dose, has been received. They may have become careless, and, having no immediate unpleasant effects, continued their carelessness until they were fatally seized. A remedy for the poisoning...
...Democratic Party was defended by William Exton '26, one of the three University representatives who attended the conference. He replied to Miss McElhinney by declaring that the Republican tariff favored "privileged classes". "This sounds like the old Democratic stuff", said Exton, "but it's the truth and can be proven". He ridiculed the Republican presentation of Coolidge as the "strong, silent man of the White House...
...Preparatory schools are not encouraging athletics in the proper way nowadays. There is too much of this 'sport for the sport's sake stuff.' That is a fundamentally twisted idea. Boys should be taught to play to win, not in any desperate unprincipled way, but by means of determination and fight. The boys who at prep school are not good enough to make the first squad are relegated to a club team where they play for the pleasure of the game. Thats all bosh! Let them get hurt a bit! It will do them lots of good...
...these truths were demonstrated afresh during the first week of the San Carlo season at the Jolson Theatre in Manhattan. Gallo provided the stuff that was expected of him, including Rigoletto, Tosca, La Traviata, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci. Consequently, there was a stiletto scene on the stage almost every night. But the performers' dagger-technique was sadly wanting in fire and dash. Manipulation of throat lozenges evidently was considered of superior importance to the handling of cold steel...