Word: childish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first friends we found in New York was Bukharin who had just been expelled from Scandinavia. . . . He welcomed us with childish exuberance. Although the hour was late and we were fatigued from the journey Bukharin insisted on taking me and my wife to see the New York Library...
...childish way of getting even," he later said...
Harvard authorities felt that " 'Lampy' had been a bit childish." Yalemen admired, were amused...
Besides the numerous breaches of taste which occurred yesterday, such a mess was made upon Widener steps that the University had five men working five hours to clear it away. Whether there is still a place at Harvard for initiations essentially inoffensive but still childish and collegiate is not now the point. It will be unfortunate if the College authorities feel forced to break with custom and interfere with a situation which should be corrected by the individuals directly responsible. It will be a sorry reflection upon Harvard maturity if preparatory school correction must be meted out from above...
...know who or what the owners of the decorated flivyer are but it does seem as though the Institute of 1770, after all these years, would have attained sophistication enough to put aside childish things...