Word: sufferer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Another suffer from the ban is the merry wag who used to stand in line in order to pass a jest with the president. Mr. Hoover's term has not been prolific of this form of humor, but in the legendary days of prosperity, the impassive figure of Mr. Coolidge seemed to tempt the amateur will Rogers continually. The newspaper did not dignify these events with print, but they nevertheless had their evanescent fame. One inspired youth waited for half an hour in the procession in order to confront the outstretched hand of the president with lifted eyebrows...
Just how can a porpoise suffer from scurvy, or did a translator, looking up "Meerschweinchen" (guinea pig) stop at "Meerschweinchen" (porpoise) and let it go at that? The error is so ancient (if this surmise is correct) that I am surprised TIME should have been caught...
Students who do not participate in extra curricular activities in college because they fear their marks will suffer no longer can use this excuse according to an investigation conducted here by Dr. O. Myking Mehus of the social science department of the Missouri State Teachers college. His survey shows that the students who take part in the most campus activities tend to receive the highest grades while those who participate in no activity get the poorer grades...
...various times in its history this organization has enjoyed an excellent reputation, recently, however, it has done little to live up to its past standards. College dramatics must inevitably suffer from the obvious amateur diseases and there is no point in attempting to create a professional troupe drawn from the undergraduate body. A college organization of this sort can, however, be of value as an experimental station for plays and for acting technique, stage handling, and for work in play-writing. It can offer expression in dramatic form to many who would otherwise never have any such opportunity...
...dollars. And it is generally admitted that during this depression the purchasing power of the dollar has increased about 15 per cent." He also stressed the reduced private incomes of individuals such as Harvard fathers. We believe that he might benefit some thousands of Harvard fathers who suffer from reduced incomes and in some cases, outright loss of positions, by explaining why in the name of heaven the law of increased purchasing power does not apply in this sanctified locality. We grant the expenditure of approximately three dollars by the University for every one it receives from...