Word: swaggered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fine Arts. Most of his life has been spent either in being or in becoming a writer. He is fairly large, slightly rubicund, but, withal, impressive to look upon. He dresses well. It has often been remarked in the public prints that he dresses with something of a swagger. This is true. He has a charming wife and they live in West Chester, Pa. He is often in Manhattan and may be seen jovially present in the lunch room of the Hotel Algonquin...
...these 700,000, some 12,000 reported at Chicago at the annual convention of the department of superintendence of the National Educational Association. Some came dressed in the fashion of 1913. Some came in the latest cutaway swagger. Some came in no fashion at all. But nearly every one of the 12,000 had something to say and had a good time saying it. Each acted as his or her own Chirisophus...
Those who journey to Parnassus go at their particular gaits. Some hobble, like Carlyle. Some stagger, like Henry James. Some swing along gracefully, like Addison. Some minuet, like Stevenson. Some swagger, like Marlowe. A great, great many simply walk. By courtesy we name all manners of proceeding " style " " literary style." The road to the White House is not identical with the pathway up Parnassus. Yet those who walk must have a stride, those who speak must have a style, and Mr. Coolidge has just presented the public with a new specimen of the Presidential literary gait-in 1,120 words...
When a freshman has adopted a proper swagger, battered his hat and shredded his shirt collar, he is usually considered duly acclimated in a college. As a matter of fact acclimation goes far deeper than the skin and often requires the whole four years. The University of Maine has decided that acclimation is a growth which can be forced and accordingly has put into a practise a kind of not-house method. Those about to enter the University were called on a week parry to underlie a course of intensive preparation for college life. From Wednesday until the succeeding Tuesday...
Meanwhile Sunday is approaching, and all the roadside inns are sending out hurry calls for fowl. The King of the barnyard senses impending disaster from the look on the farmer's face. He loses his swagger and droops off in a corner. A turkey with an understanding heart remarks sympathetically, "It's great to be popular...