Word: childishly
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...interested in either Mr. Dempsey or Miss Taylor. I do not care how old she is. Whether she lies about her age or not is entirely immaterial to most of your subscribers, no doubt. But, I do think it most undignified, in fact little short of childish, for such a magazine as TIME aspires to be to add in parthesis "probable age, 32." That is not clever. It is merely age "catty"?and I'm afraid your magazine will deserve the adjective "catty" unless a great many such remarks (which have been all too prevalent) are discontinued...
...unfortunate probationers are doomed beyond respite. Those who have found favor in the eyes of the gods of University Hall now burn incense and take childish joy in comparing the marks of grace and distinction bestowed upon them. They rush to festivities; exult that the agony of suspense is over; and first realize that upon grades and hope of grades they have fashioned their lives for the last four weeks...
...appeal is irresistible. The world is still young and its men are still children. As long as they remain childish they will believe what children believe and the children of these children will cease shaving until "after exams...
...they found their parents reading with serious mien the editorial page of The New York World. Little did they know what seemingly diabolical plots were being hatched against them. Had it been otherwise, their post-toasties, shredded wheat or bran would have been pushed aside in a paroxysm of childish petulance...
Died. Reginald Ronalds, onetime Rooseveltian Rough Rider; in Mexico, when he was climbing a mountain to inspect gold and silver mines of which he was part owner. His daughter by his first marriage was known as 'the frappeed baby" from cold storage methods used to cure a childish illness. His mother, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard Ronalds, was a favorite of Queen Victoria...