Word: briefs
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...father had a delightful sense of humor, a similar richness of vocabulary, and an equal individuality in its use. A peculiarity of both was the habit of delaying speech for an instant, while the mind was working and the telling sentence was framing itself for utterance--a brief interval during which the lips would gather slightly, as for a sort of smile, and the eyes and faces take on an indescribable expression of great charm. Then would burst forth one of those longer or shorter epigrammatic or aphoristic sayings which their friends all recall so well, full of meaning, full...
...planned, furthermore, to take one day each week for some study of other paintings in the chief galleries the course thus including a brief survey of the main characteristics of the principal European schools of painting...
...Greencastle, Indiana, who will conduct the service, will speak on "The Immortality of Good Works. Last year the anniversary was commemorated in this way, and the 300th anniversary in 1907 was made the occasion of a great undergraduate celebration. It is planned to mark the birthday henceforth by a brief address similar to the one given today...
...brief glance at the names of the speakers cannot fail to reveal the significance of these lectures. Mr. Hill, Senator LaFollette, and Mr. Pinchot will be looked back upon as among the most prominent makers of history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...
...month between the end of vacation and the first examinations. Between the present and vacation six weeks intervene, and if the work of this period is not kept up conscientiously, the time after the recess will be found all too short to make up for past work neglected. In brief, men should realize that the vacation actually brings the examinations ten days nearer than the calendar indicates. After the recess, an immediate resumption of hard study is difficult. A moderate degree of industry now will save much worry and sleep in January, and at the same time insure better marks...