Word: teach
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mentor to many generations of Harvard swordsmen, shrugged his shoulders, looked keenly at a CRIMSON reporter with whom he had been discussing the difficult art of fencing, and said. "A man must be born with the physique and the moral disposition to become a fencer. Ah, Monsieur, you can teach the people, but you cannot make them fence. We have many men who learn the movements,--so, and so--but in the match." Danguy expressed complete despair, "they lose their heads...
...love, serve, obey and exalt the United States of America and to teach obedience to and respect for its Constitution and laws...
...often had to go five times to her daughter's room to say goodnight, who had often had to quiet a mighty fear by leaving a crack in the door to the lighted hall, listened carefully. Then she said: "You come with me. I'm going to teach you a lesson." She put her small daughter in a closet, closed the door, locked it, listened to her daughter's screams and walked away...
...McAndrew to explain to the judge the nature of their duties. Mr. McAndrew had complied, saying, yes, the duties of teacher-clerks are predominantly educational. They assist the school principals in supervising classroom work; they interview parents, help with home work, aid discipline and even, when needed, teach classes. Their positions used to be filled by civil service clerks but the latter were removed in 1909 precisely because the positions called for persons trained in the teaching profession. Mr. McAndrew's testimony strenuously favored the teacher-clerks against the school board...
...Maybe that will teach you to keep out of the way of automobiles!" cried the motorist as he drove away...