Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...roads lead to Cambridge. From the ends of the earth returning students come. Sophomores, wiser and more important than they ever have been or ever will be again; Juniors, serence and confident now that half their task is done; Seniors, abased and apprehensive in the thought of approaching divisional examinations. But in whatever mood, they come, and that's enough. Harking back in tradition to the little provincial college of 1636, Harvard now enters upon its two hundred and ninetieth year, a great University, mighty in the service not only of America but of the world...
Upon attaining his majority he inherited $10,000,000 from his father. He settled himself to the task of administering his fortune, and of developing by practice his proficiency in the several sports for which he had a natural aptitude. A capable polo player, a skilfull whip, a dashing motorist, he was also adept at cards...
...been one of the builders of the French Colonial Empire. At one time he pacified Madagascar and even before the War, was Resident General in Morocco, where he has shown that he is as much a diplomat as a military man. It is likely that the great task of organizing the last few week intensive offenses before the winter sets in is to be placed on the younger shoulders of Marshal Petain and General Naulin. On the fate of their efforts depends whether or not it will be necessary to carry on the war next year or whether...
...Governor of the Belgian Congo was recently ordered by the Home Government to collect an "income tax" of 20 francs a head from the natives of the Congo. The task looked impossible. But the Governor is resourceful. According to reports he directed the natives to capture and bring in rare butterflies especially the kind called Urania. He gives them a tax receipt and then retails the insects for about 30 francs apiece to collectors in Europe...
...Atlanta Sculptor Augustus Lukeman, chosen to succeed Borglum at his task, finished a plaster model of what Stone Mountain will look like when his men have hacked and drilled it. Jefferson Davis, in a flowing riding cape, rides into eternity across the mountain-front, closely followed by General Robert E. Lee astride his famed "Traveler", with General Stonewall Jackson pressing on his flank with a detachment of eight tattered troopers...