Word: sureness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Talk is and that exact concerning one French writer, hight Balzac, namely: he used to stay up late at night writing pot boilers, immersed in smoke, eclipsed by coffee. Perhaps "La Menage de Garcon" was one of the potboilers. One of the better potboilers. One cannot be sure when he sees the novel through at least three mediums plus Otis Skinner. "The Honor of the Family", born a bon mot, dies a cliche. One must, however, respect the dead. Mr. Skinner, Miss Jessie Royce Landis are very kind pall-bearers. But why the funeral...
...with every guest, and each guest must reply in kind to the host and hostess, and may similarly toast other guests. Naturally young girls of no great capacity are expected merely to touch a glass to their lips in response to the 30 or 40 toasts which they are sure to receive at a large dinner. No such quibbling is tolerated of Swedish males. Norwegians, less formal, usually dispense with "rising to the toast." Danes are adept at putting unwary foreign guests beneath the table by pledging them in Danish cherry brandy-a sweet potation, suitable for heroes...
More interest than ever in early season games is being displayed by football fans, according to, the statistics revealed yesterday by C. F. Getchell '83, ticket manager of the H. A. A. "All records for first game attendance are sure to be broken today," stated Mr. Getchell. "From 25,000 to 27,000 people are expected to attend...
...outstanding member of the Geneva squad is Hubbard. In this young Southern gentleman Cambridge fans will see perhaps the fastest big man in football. Hubbard carries his 235 pounds with the quickness and sureness of foot of a tiger and is a savage, sure tackler. His playing stood out conspicuously against Cornell...
...them are real teachers. One can know multiple roots and have no sense of pedagogy. One can be sure of himself in the oral quizz for a doctorate and lack the vital spark which makes for communication of ideas. Yet some can play through the grind of procuring a doctorate and remain sane, interesting. Not even three years, when they should be broadening their minds, spent in fitting an esotericism in scholarship to their mental decorations can completely dull these men. Furthermore, they like university life. It means the companionship of cultivated minds. It means refuge from the mechanical efficiency...