Word: betrayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Indeed no less person than A. J. Raffieg himself, remarks in the course of the play that all criminals betray themselves through fear, and that so long as he does not fear his pursuers, they will never catch him. But though he does not fear, the audience fears mightlly for (not to mention the girl who of course is introduced into the piece in the approved romantic stlye) with all the blind fear of the hunted. And with admirable logic, A. J. is finally betrayed, not through any fear of his but by a "woman acorned". Raffles on the stage...
...abuses; yet when those who are abusing are penalized, all factions begin to decry the action. Every college ought individually to see that its linen is clean; if one college is certain that another is playing subsidized athletes, there is no rule compelling it to compete. The present excresences betray internal rottenness; to reduce over-emphasis sufficiently would eliminate abuses...
...interest in college sports to go out for one of the teams, he ought to have enough enthusiasm to keep up in his studies. Yet college spirit in the past has repeatedly failed to prevent such disasters of academic origin, and there is no indication that it will not betray us again. Harvard captains have exhorted their faltering team-mates with indifferent success, probably because the trouble starts long before the season opens. It becomes apparent, therefore, that although the management can do much by watching prospective material in the college, the problem devolves upon the players themselves. Student tradition...
...brilliant success. As evidence of the militant spirit of young China the walk-out of students is nevertheless tremendously significant. The Chinese students reached their decision to strike through motives of purest patriotism. They feared--whether rightly or not makes no difference that the Pekin Government was disposed to betray the national interests of China unless all its dealings with Japan were carried on in the full light of day. The protest was a genuine one. There was but one way at hand to express their feelings so that no one could mistake them. And so the students in some...
...yield without supreme effort and now he is fighting for his life. Let us hope that the French government will be able to lay its finger on some definite action of a man, who, in the mind of everyone, has tried to betray France...