Word: commend
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Permit one of your original subscribers to commend your published excerpts [TIME, Oct. 15] of letter of William Howard Taft of June, 1918, wherein he declares against the pending Eighteenth Amendment and against National Prohibition as further evidence of the historical value of your publication, but also evidence of the attitude of one whom the American people had honored with the highest office in their gift...
...overworking the junior for the sake of saving the senior. There is left, then the obvious question as to whether such a policy could be effective on a wide enough basis to benefit many. The matter should be worth serious consideration, however, for in theory it has much to commend it. The practical application of the plan on a small scale, in the managership of the polo team, should, at any rate, prove extremely interesting, and the idea may prove to be worth carrying further
...commend to each of the million Boy Scouts of our country that he adopt as his 'daily good turn' the creation of a sentiment disapproving of such unpatriotic efforts as the enticement of our girls and young...
...commend the CRIMSON on the recent editorial on the Princeton question? I think I express the general opinion in suggesting that the whole lamentable and ridiculous affair was foisted upon us by the Lampoon, which certainly did not represent the sentiments of more than a small coterie...
...represented an invocation to the deities that have given the corn, provided for its germination, and brought it to maturity. A complete discussion of the major Corn Dance would involve the entire subjects of religion, social organization, and symbolism. From a purely artistic stand-point, the corn ceremonials commend themselves to those who appreciate a beautiful performance...