Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...adherents of the Green after the final whistle Saturday, and went partially unrecognized, or worse still was misinterpreted in some quarters. The visiting cheering section had been specifically instructed to remain in the stands until after Harvard had sung its "alma mater". And still they watched and still their wonder grew--the Crimson apparently had no song to honor its name in defeat as well as in victory. The losers were no less amazed. "What manner of men are these, who refuse to celebrate their conquest in the customary and accepted fashion", were the words on all lips...
...wonder if either the reviewer or Hibben has ever read Beecher's brilliant Yale lectures, or his marvelous sermons, replete with intellectual insight and humanity of feeling, or in fact anything that he ever wrote, with an open mind...
...Epstein and his views of life. Last week I read his letter about golf; his answer to Mr. Blake who has never bowled but yet who challenges Mr. Epstein to a comparative contest in golf and bowling. Since Mr. Epstein has played golf and is therefore not eligible, I wonder if he would back me in the 810 wager against Mr. Blake. I have never played golf, but I have often read it is an old man's game. I am 61, but strong and hearty for my time of life. I have seen golf played once or twice...
...American League team, the Yankees, would have defeated the Pittsburgh National League team, the Pirates, even with perfect defensive play by the Pittsburgh players. Yet but for Pittsburgh errors the New York club could hardly have won four games out of four, could hardly have made the watching thousands wonder audibly, indeed raucously, how the Pittsburgh team ever succeeded in winning the right to represent the National League in the contest for the baseball championship of the world. Errors made a lost cause almost ridiculous...
...intent upon wandering into out-of-the-way places, Daniel Streeter's latest literary and nomadic side-light will afford amusement enough to warrant at least a hasty reading. It must be admitted at the outset, nevertheless, that the word, "side-light" has not been misapplied. Then we wonder what a circus would be with out its side-show; enough for some, no doubt, but there would be many more who would clamor for the sight of the freaks, hidden under the smaller tent...