Word: verbal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have not opened, this will be greatly appreciated by the 'parsimonious freshman' who by not subscribing to the school publications has saved enough money to carry him through his sophomore year. Provided the refreshments fail to revive those poor Freshmen who have had a mental collapse due to the verbal conflicts in the atmosphere, they should be taken to their respective rooms...
Taking his vast subject briskly but firmly in hand, Mr. Ward describes the theory, presents the evidence, tells the history of the idea. It takes him 336 pages to put it all down thoroughly, but the style is so crisp and lively, the chapters so economically arranged, the illustrations-verbal and photographic -so clear and well-timed, that Reader Doe will come to the end breathing easily. Particularly lucid is the exposition of chromosomes and the variations they produce; particularly commendable the author's ability to keep his reader im- pressed at all times with the enormous diversity...
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA- Shaw comedy wherein a flapper Cleopatra plays verbal hide-and-seek with a superannuated Caesar...
...first point, the verbal struggle was keen. Dr. G. A. Huntley of the Chinese mission field asserted that 49 out of 50 missionaries in China would resign rather than submit to being catechized as to their faith. Dr. Meigs of Illinois, on behalf of the Modernists, proposed to amend the resolution by striking out the insistence on the creed, leaving the statement that the New Testament is the basis of the Baptist faith. The cohorts were summoned to vote. The Modernists polled 742 to the Fundamentalists 574. So the resolution was shorn of its point-and adopted...
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA ? Shaw comedy wherein a flapper Cleopatra plays verbal hide-and-seek with a superannuated Caesar...