Word: sure
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ambassador Herrick tasted and copiously imbibed the nectar of French culture, when he saw the cup about to be dashed from his lips by blond Teutons to whom dusky, petite France was a morsel, not an inspiration. Nearer tramped the Conquerors. An impromptu French defense, mobilized in taxicabs seemed sure to crumble. Frightened, scared to the marrow, Frenchmen proceeded to withdraw their capital from Paris to Bordeaux. Automatically the Diplomatic Corps would follow the Government. Suddenly it was discovered that the U. S. Ambassador alone proposed to remain behind...
...this guy E. W. A. K.? What a fool he must be." The wastebasket moved a trifle. "These guys sure do bawl me out." Another letter capped the debris in the basket. The telephone rang...
...number many of the leading writers in the country and not a few bank presidents, Government officials and great lawyers, will be glad to learn that he is to retain his rooms in Hollis Hall which they knew so well in their undergraduate days. There they will be sure to find him sitting, as usual, by the coal grate in his book-lined room to welcome them, ever interested, sympathetic and inspiriting...
...problem of popularizing polo at Harvard or any other college is simply that of obtaining enough publicity and getting men initially interested. The attractions of the game, I am sure, will hold anyone once acquainted with them. It is very much to the interest of the game that polo at colleges should become organized. The number of players developed by private clubs and by the army is comparatively limited; the need is for an increased supply of young poloists, trained in intercollegiate matches and ready to reinforce the veterans...
This year, as in 1891 and in 1922, critics dispute his talents. To be sure they do it reverently as befits a colossus who has been endowed with intellect, imagination, magnetism. Yet they chide him gently for banging at the piano, for sliding over details and being content too often with broad jagged splashes of color, for limited programs that have been given over and over again. Paderewski takes no notice. He never reads the reviews of his concerts. His life is his own. He sits up far into the night, practices, plays cribbage with Mme. Paderewski, stays...