Word: sure
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Problem. But for what could the Governess be impeached? No evidence or charge had been made public that the Governess or her husband had received or were to receive any of the road company's excessive profits. As the Legislators talked it over last week, they were not sure that they wanted to impeach Mrs. Ferguson, but if they could not "clean up" the highway situation in any other way, they thought they might impeach her for "incompetence" or "negligence...
...Patrick Hastings conspiring to popularize the dreadful woes of life in Africa. Sir Patrick has dubbed his "comedy" "The River. The river in question happens to be the Mungana, and is, of course, located somewhere in the bejungled interior of that very dark continent, on one is quite sure where. Hence we have a mystery for John Carew, the leading man, to solve...
...Randolph echo with profanity every morning when the Church of St. Paul begins to announce determinedly that time is passing. Why avoid nine o'clock if this tactless timepiece is going to insist on such an unpleasant fact early and often? If one relies on the chimes, they are sure to hibernate in winter; and the time they indicate is always more original than accurate...
Practice in the Arena for tomorrow has not yet been definitely arranged for, but the team is sure to make the Boston pilgrimage again on Wednesday. If professional and club hockey leaves time for a short practice tomorrow, the squad will be given the ice by Manager George Brown of the Arena...
What comforts it to say that these are unthinking people? The great masses of men are always unthinking. That does not mitigate the evil. It constitutes part of the evil, to be sure, but that part against which least can be done directly in the way of remedy. The real offenders are the colleges themselves. Little by little, they have nourished, pampered, milk-fed their lusty infant until--lo! the child is stronger than the parent and threatens to reverse the normal order and rule the household...