Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seriously believe," he said in closing, "that the mind and soul of man has its proper work in hunting for happiness. Love, itself, was given us for a bigger thing than enjoyment. When universal love comes man will not be universally happy...
...fresh air, and that they learn some of the fundamentals of the game, which make invaluable equipment for next fall. Great advantages are claimed for the keeping of men's minds on the all-important goal--a successful season, a winning team. And, of course, if Amherst does a thing, Williams must do it. That appears to be an incontrovertible argument: the alpha and omega of all reason; nothing more can be said...
Amherst College has begun spring football practice. Other colleges and universities have started spring football practice. It seems to be quite "the thing to do." At Williams we are apparently characteristically attracted to "the thing to do," so we shall probably witness shortly the beginning of spring drill in football...
Hugo Stinnes, 54 years of age, was an emperor of finance, a tsar of industry, a king of business. His minions were princes and grand-dukes, his serving men were lords. His interests were as far-flung as the seven seas. His business was no one thing in particular, but everything in general. He dealt in trusts of super-trusts or trusts of trusts of trusts. It has been said that "when you were in Germany the trains and ships on which you travelled, the hotels you lived at, the shops you bought from, the newspapers you read, the banks...
...days are past when a horsewhip or a lead bullet were applied to an editor who said things that people did not like. Nowadays there is only the Law to protect the public. Among the leaders in the journalistic profession such a thing as deliberately publishing a false statement is out of the question. There are a very few publications who are none too scrupulous in regard to fact. But even in the best intentioned newspaper offices mistakes will occur...