Word: turning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...caption of "Quel Beau Nu" doesn't exaggerate one bit. I spent the summer in Paris and was at the Concert Mayol several times. Why I went is beyond me, as it is without question the greatest "gyp" joint ever foisted on an American public. You can't turn around without bumping into an extended palm, and my first experience cost a 20-franc note for a one-franc service. They don't know the meaning of the word "change." The insipid Harry Pilcer was the leading (?) attraction, and I must say that he did the United States a great...
...Kane's classic in the relay, was Watters' race in the 1000. The University middle distance star was almost too sick to walk just before the race. He overcame a poor start, and fought every step of the way to shoulder ahead of a Cornell runner on the last turn and finish behind the winning Haggerty...
...change in one part will induce changes in other parts, and no great reform can be effected until all parts are taken into account. The preparation which their students receive in secondary schools sets limits to what the colleges can reasonably hope to attain, while the colleges in turn profoundly influence the schools, by setting standards, defining the curriculum, and training teachers. Less attention has been paid to the far-reaching effects of primary and intermediate education. President Angell refers to the fact that the American boy, as compared with his British and Continental cousin, somewhere loses about two years...
...feet of land (225 feet on Riverside Drive, 100 feet on W. 122nd St.) Its nave, 100 feet wide, will run north and south, parallel with the Hudson River. Its main entrance will be at the south end through a bell tower facing the Drive. Parishioners will have a turn to their left, after entering, to face the altar. They will have about 2,500 seats at their disposal, another insistence of Dr. Fosdick...
...Then there had better be no more parades," blurts the old soldier. But there are more parades, of that kind. Tietjens' integrity sees him through and furthers a movement (for the "single command") that is to turn the War's tide. Tietjens comes out of a moral Gehenna victorious...