Word: whims
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Committee would never have contemplated legislation against winter sports, nor to any extent against any of the existing schedules. As the CRIMSON pointed out back in January,--when accused of failing to distinguish between Faculty and athletic authorities, and when assured that the Faculty action was but a passing whim,--any recommendation from the Faculty of Harvard University is bound to carry enormous weight. The statement was justified, for the Athletic Committee now feels compelled to take some definite action. Much as many members of the Committee may hesitate over the wisdom of the move, they cannot disregard entirely...
...does, spends most of her time with her parents. Whenever the young husband, Mittelbach, offers to pay any little attention to his wife, the parents interfere. In short, Mittelbach's home is not his own. At the end of two years, Mittelbach has become meek and yields to every whim of his parents-in-law. The strain has worn on his nerves, so that he is very near a state of collapse, when his doctor kindly prescribes a journey for his health. Here Mittelbach sees an opportunity to get away from the parents, and to be left alone with...