Word: wake
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York State, it is no great crime to spit in a subway car or on the street. It is no great crime to wake sleeping citizens with ribald songs, to walk on the grass. According to the State statutes these are only misdemeanors, minor offences which are not felonies. For a misdemeanor, a man may spend at most a year in jail, pay a $500 fine...
Action follows in the wake of the Mond pilgrimages. As every Britisher knows. Father Ludwig Mond had come to England from Germany with 40,000 marks, a device for making and bottling soda-water, and infinite faith. That faith was somewhat tremulously shared by Fraulein Henrietta Herz, daughter of Father Ludwig's German landlady, who had loaned him her small capital. As a speculative venture, the loan was one of the most successful in history. Fraulein Herz lived to be repaid 200% each year on her advance. Father Ludwig lived to see his British factory a spectacular success...
...this season the North Carolina warriors have played two games and emerged victorious from both. An excellent opportunity was given the coaches to try the new material in the Wake Forest contest, and the youngsters proved their ability by chalking up four touchdowns in the last period. The final score was 65 to 0. The second game, that with Maryland, showed that the North Carolina defense is not impenetrable as the Maryland offense scored 19 points while the Tarheel backs were putting 26 across...
...Wake! wake! Freshmen wake...
...Wake while our song smites...