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Word: unpleasanter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"-that the Senator has had some unpleasant relations in his political career with some of the members of the board of the Federal Council of Churches. . . . It is unfortunate, with our great movement for church unity under way that we are plunged into a controversy like this. We might just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Polite Convention | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

To the outward view most press-boxes present simply two or three long counters with benches behind them. They are not boxes, really, because they have no covers? They are eminently uncomfortable places. When the wind blows, as it frequently does, the occupants of the press seats get it all...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Business of Reporting Gridiron Clashes Is As Specialized As Bootlegger's Trade | 10/20/1928 | See Source »

The answer depends on the man. There is no accounting for the individual taste. At West Point we have many and varied customs, pleasant and unpleasant, but all handed down from former days, and constantly in the process of growth. We have found an answer that fits our purpose. The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tradition at West Point Places the Plebe Lower Socially Than the Dust He Grovels In | 10/20/1928 | See Source »

We have long been accustomed 'o see our mightiest fall victims to the Jester's darts at times we have even fell them ourselves and it cannot be said to be wholly unpleasant to see the nation's forensic Goliaths suddenly assailed by the local David. Not all of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ABBOTT FINDS LAMPOON PARODY WELL DIRECTED | 10/17/1928 | See Source »

In the first place, to students from schools where the honor system in any of its various shapes may have held sway, it will doubtless seem strange, and at first unpleasant, that at Harvard all tests above the rank of "section quizzes" are supervised by proctors appointed by the College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BENEDICT DESCRIBES EXAMINATION METHODS | 10/10/1928 | See Source »

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