Word: sneering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...yield neither to Senator Borah nor any other man in admiration of the farewell address and of the great Fathers of the Republic, but I would not use them as a cover for present party politics. Never did I sneer at the farewell address; but I believe that the greatness of Washington was due to his looking the facts of his day in the face and determining his conduct thereby, instead of by utterances, however wise, of a hundred and fifty years before. I will trust the American people not to mistake short-signtednss for patriotism or narrow-mindedness...
Fairness is a good policy even in college journalism. The unnamed editorial writer in the CRIMSON seems to sneer at the bad fortune with which the University debating teams have met. It would be a safe wager that this writer has never attempted to participate in a debate, and he probably did not even attend the debate which brought on his laughable and amusing attempt at a display of immature wit. Does he know how much work a debate entails? Is it any worse to lose a debate than to be defeated in an athletic contest? Would he likewise suggest...
...minded editors of the established literary organ. History teaches that when satire is used, decay has set in. Surely dishonest competition, anonymously conducted, discloses a moribund state of affairs. How can a small group of men who have failed in keeping alive Harvard's undergraduate literary traditions presume to sneer out of existence a publication of real literary promise? It is merely another attempt by the "vested interest" to stifle literary activity in the University...
...officers' camp if he has an opportunity such as this to gain the regular army spirit. In addition, an officer who has lived among the men as one of them will be more able to understand and appreciate them, and therefore to command their respect. Finally we must not sneer at the added training which we will receive; there are in the cantonments two features which cannot be obtained at a college camp; perfect equipment and the best instruction...
...hours nearer to New York than that far-famed winter resort and the lure of the Metropolis is something to look forward to after all. The man who has weathered a Cambridge winter can pack up his ba-ba in the old kit bag and sneer at the terrors of a Yaphank winter...