Word: surmount
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Headlines should be fully warranted by the contents of the articles which they surmount...
...course which is planned for the man with the schoolboy attitude. "This method," he says, "of treating both sections as though they were unwilling has the great disadvantage of failing to educate either." In this statement there is a large measure of truth, although some of the "eager" probably surmount the difficulty; yet if they do, it is because they started college with some qualifications worthy of the name education. As a remedy it is suggested that the eager and the unwilling be separated; that the methods used in one, be quite different from those in the other, section...
...Irish Question, but present indications point for its postponment until May or even later. The situation is certainly as serious as any Lloyd George has ever had to face, but he has slipped through so many trying places that few among his supporters would be surprised to see him surmount his present difficulties and be again victorious...
...which virtually makes the ordinary citizen's income tax-free. Many a blushing June bride has been hustled to the alter in the middle of December to gain the $2,000 exemption for the entire year. Love as usual has found a way to surmount all obstacles...
...five who start the game today can surmount their handicap and bring home a victory they will set a new high mark for the year in making good under difficulties. Such a victory should raise the prestige of basketball to the head of winter minor sports...