Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...name in print and so satisfy a seemingly overweening desire for publicity. I am not going to tell you that you have spelled someone's name incorrectly ; that in so-and-so line on such-and-such page a typographical error occurs; nor shall I take you to task for inadvertently or intentionally slandering some race or creed; furthermore, I shall not take this opportunity to announce ta you dramatically that from this time and henceforth you shall be denied the great privilege of mailing to me each week your valueless publication...
...needed to win the Brown game in order to restore the confidence shattered by Princeton's overwhelming victory. The best team available was sent against the Bruins. Today much the same situation exists. Harvard has suffered two crushing defeats, and unless Brown is beaten it will be a tremendous task to put the players in the right frame of mind for the Yale contest...
...present determined fight that is being waged by the government to uphold the law. Any body of men actuated by high traditions and by the ingrained habit of doing their duty under all circumstances, and sustained by high morale, are bound to win out eventually in any task assigned to them if given the necessary resources with which to operate...
...ceased to allege that Bulgarians were attacking her. At a jubilant session of the League Council, M. Briand announced: "The Council is satisfied that its orders have been obeyed and that the troops of both sides have withdrawn. This disposes of the first part of the Council's task in stopping the hostilities...
There arrive at this secluded hostelry, not entirely by coincidence, the mistress of a Prince, a Lord of the Realm, and their servants, maid and man. The Lord hopes to secure the lady for himself. Failing in his bluntly amorous attack, he sets his servant the task of seducing and humiliating her. In the process the slightly battered courtesan and the discreetly handsome manservant fall in love and dash off, as the curtain falls, to a London marriage altar...