Word: alienating
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...quintet has an imposing record to match that of the Crimson. Only three teams have humbled the Bear so far, Yale, Wesleyan and B. U. Wagenknecht, brilliant forward on the Providence five, is particularly successful on his home floor, and the three Brown reverses have all been scored on alien courts. M. A. C., handily defeated by the Crimson earlier in the season, was defeated by one point on the Providence floor...
...sentimental manifestations there is none which is more alien to the American spirit than self-pity. This virile people hates whining...
...zeal for safe-guarding the rights of property, the American Legal Association surely intends to work for the restoration of alien property confiscated in wartime. In nineteen seventeen the state department asserted that it "would not take advantage of a state of war to take possession of property to which international understandings and the recognized law of the land can give it no just claim or title". Simultaneously, several million dollars' worth of property belonging to alien enemies was seized and has since remained in governmental hands...
...find a lot near the river. As a convenience, it would be much appreciated; but the "Gold Coast" must be kept for Harvard. The builder of the hotel is willing to sell the lot on reasonable terms; the student body is unanimous in insisting that such an alien building must not be planted in the path of expansion. The University awaits prompt and vigorous action by the planning board and by the authorities...
...cities, there were boos and catcalls jumbled with the applause; sometimes a disorderly hiss would interrupt his, music. In 1917, he canceled a concert tour, losing contracts worth $85,000. "I could not with self-respect accept U. S. money," said he. In an inimical country, he, an alien with a million friends, played only for charities until the War ended...