Word: taints
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...philosopher of Friendship, put the whole thing in one of his characteristic nutshells last week. Said he: "I hain't a-goin' to vote fer neither one. I wouldn't vote fer that cereal man. An' if it takes two Smith brothers ter make a package o' cough drops, 'taint likely one's goin' to do much to run th' country...
...suggested it might, out of a kind of vanity. Whatever the impetus, it is a fact that learning is desirable at Harvard, and yet that curiously enough, fewer men have leisure than ever before. Still the utilitarian character of the country remains, but still, as Mr. Benn says, its taint has not infected the Harvard curriculum...
...done must be done through the medium of faint praise. Not as a mark of disrespect of tradition, but merely by way of a change, the present reviewer would like to attempt the experiment of stating his criticism as such, thus relieving whatever praise may be forthcoming, from the taint of faintheartedness or hypocrisy...
Before attempting to deal with this politically impossible situation, it seemed prudent for Sarwat Pasha to divest himself somewhat of his pro-British taint. This he attempted to do by the bold if paradoxical move of reporting to Baron Lloyd that the Egyptian Cabinet had totally rejected the treaty...
...nature of the Harvard curriculum has made such official sanction unnecessary to make this kind of study an institution. One may regret that the credit system, the greatest flaw in the American educational scheme, should taint the orthodox amateurism of the vagabonding student, but it may also be interpreted as a cheerful token of growth...