Word: tonic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...benefits, perhaps indirect to be gained by the Faculty. When the responsible student becomes sole judge of the comparative advantages to himself of attendance or absence at a given lecture those lecturers on whom the verdict is unfavorable will suffer a sharp awakening from empty classrooms. In its tonic effect on dull and profitless instructors lies by no means the least promise of Yale Harvard's new departure...
...complaint is, of course, relative. Alice Brady is so incomparably better as a comedienne than dozens of other actresses that her presence on the stage is a tonic. But she is so much better doing other things that the self comparison will not be downed...
...book written for the headier, readier, unsteadier sheep at the intellectual outskirts of the Roman fold, False Prophets will be found strong tonic by the sheep of other folds. For the ranging wolves of Agnosticism it will afford mettlesome opposition...
...Much later, about three years ago, when I was about 88, I had another bad day. This time the analysis showed that alcohol was the trouble. . . . had made it a habit to drink a pint of champagne a day. It was tonic, stimulating, just as cigars were tonic and stimulating. But, at 88, it interfered with health and efficiency. Reluctantly but decisively I cut out the wine. Now I take a glass when a cold threatens-and I'm extremely susceptible to colds-but, apart from that, I'm a total abstainer...
...barber chair, have you been persuaded to have more tonsorial attention than you really wanted (e. g. shampoo, massage, tonic)? Do you find it difficult to say No to the barber...