Word: tides
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rising Tide of Culture-"They remind me," says the "doctor," "these modern huntresses of culture, of sportsmen who, in their anxiety, get so close to their quarry that they blow it to smithereens with both barrels." Culture is knowledgeable interest, not the emotional deflection that Americans, especially their women, seek. Prosperity has released so many naive intellects "that in no other period in history, and in no other race, has virtue been so curious about her sisters." But, culture being reflected in manners, these naive ones are of good report. "They are developing new resources in human intercourse." The Lady...
...same time of day as the Blue race will be held, in order that the men may be thoroughly familiar with the weather conditions before the race. This morning, there was no morning row because of the fact that the float was not in position and low tide prevented moving it until the afternoon. The University eight went for a two-mile spin this afternoon, however, going to the submarine base and back. The Freshman eight also had its first spin on the Thames...
Anchored in conservatism, English art lets the tide pull, lets the wind go over; the name of Cezanne is a peril avoided, Modernism the mutter of a storm that never broke. Last week, at the opening of the Royal Academy's exhibition, the quality found with gratification that their Art was still safe, a painted ship upon a painted...
...West Virginia have only vestiges of booster spirit left. A new baptism under the old Indian name of Kanawha will give the people an opportunity to tell all about the virtues of the State while the new name is being learned. Then they can drift along on that tide of fame, and when it subsides Senator Chilton's argument will still hold and they can have another christening, if it should be necessary...
...gigantic tide rip, scores of miles long, where the El Nino (southbound) (TIME, Apr. 13) met the Humboldt Current (northbound...