Word: tis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...entertainment always had priority on instruction. None of the humor would draw a belly laugh today, though it was probably uproarious at the time; e.g., "We are informed that one Piles a Fidler, with his Wife, were overset in a Canoo near Newtown Creek. The good Man, 'tis said, prudently secur'd his Fiddle, and let his Wife go to the Bottom...
...Tis the old time religion, and it's good enough...
...British solidity. Since his death, he has often been thought of as a kind of stodgy musical ecclesiastic, partly because of the ceremonial repetition of his Messiah, partly because of Handel's own susceptibility to mawkishly awkward texts-most notably in the numerous bird songs like "Hark! 'Tis the linnet and the thrush" in Joshua...
...under their wing. The other top fund managers: ¶ Investors Diversified Services, Inc., of Minneapolis, handles five different mutual funds. The biggest: Investors Mutual, Inc., a balanced fund with assets of $1.4 billion. Scholarly I.D.S. President Joseph Fitzsimmons likes to quote Don Quixote to explain his investment philosophy (" 'Tis the part of a wise man not to venture all his eggs in one basket"), but he keeps all his sales eggs in one basket by having I.D.S. sell all five funds itself, a practice unique among investment companies. ¶ The Wellington Fund, of Philadelphia, is a balanced fund with...
Leaving Cambridge snowstorms far behind, the Varsity tennis team found the warmer air of Virginia and South Carolina highly congenial and compiled an impressive 6-1 record on tis annual spring vacation trip...