Word: toward
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With one short lapse of two years-- from 1913 to 1915--Curtis has stayed in the Senate ever since he entered it; gradually bettering his committee posts and advancing toward seniority. He is now firmly established near the top of several committees which control the expenditure of public money. He is chairman of the committee on the Senate's rules. Three years ago his party honored him by electing him to succeed the vastly different Henry Cabot Lodge as Republican leader in the Senate. Yet in all this time there has been no important law enacted which bears his name...
...long years of labor by a few who appreciated it have been needed to rouse the nation from its apathy. America still is far from being musically cultivated, but it is no longer an ignoramus among nations in this art, and whatever distance it has come on the road toward understanding the significance and beauty of symphony or opera, and the finer charm of chamber music. It owes to such men as Major Higginson and Mr. Whiting. Harvard is showing its gratitude to the latter in the way that pleases him most, by the large and appreciative audiences that greet...
Despite enormous progress made of late toward the preservation of a healthy physical condition in the university, some steps remain untried, some barriers intact, some problems unsolved. Harvard has aimed high. In providing for new gymnasiums, swimming pools and compulsory athletics for freshmen the college has advanced far, yet shadowed by such achievement the problem of sugar bowls in the Freshman Dormitories has been sadly neglected. Not only residents but visitors have observed the scarcity of sugar bowls, particularly in Smith Halls, and the vile condition of the remaining minority. The situation has reached a crisis; it demands instant action...
...shall see." Her advances distress the stupid husband; his "pal" gives him this advice: "Your wife's friend is not flirting with you, she is kidding you. Pretend to be taken in and see how far she will go. In the meantime, I will make moves toward your wife." As might be expected, misunderstandings arise. Animated only by the mutations of these the plot flickers on with the irritating and mechanical regularity, of a grindstone twirling slowly to a standstill. At last, the long and impatiently awaited reconciliations are effected...
...hits the walls. Extra racquets are piled at the side of the court. Breaking one, a player grabs another, finishes the point. Sometimes in a hard game a champion breaks five or six racquets in succession. They cost fourteen dollars apiece. Court tennis players hold their racquets toward the middle, near where the rivet would be on a tennis racquet. Jay Gould was famous for his "Railroad service" which climbs along the penthouse, dropping almost dead. Etchebaster has a service like Gould...