Word: commandeering
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...derived from the fact that during the T'ang Dynasty court actors called themselves "Disciples of the Pear Orchard" because they performed in a palace bordered with pear trees. Few would deny any title, however lofty, to a man who, in addition to being supreme in his art, can command a salary big enough to make even the most high-priced cinema blonde envious. Mei Lan-fang's annual earnings are reputedly equivalent...
Fifty-two men have signified their intention of going on the cruise, combining with the Naval R. O. T. C. unit of Northwestern University. Captain F. L. Perry will probably be in command of the outfit. The students will not replace the regular crew of the battleship, but will spend most of their time putting book knowledge into experience. They will learn how to operate the guns and will study practical navigating...
Girda Klantsch, 4, Elizabeth Klantsch, 6, obeyed their father's command to go from Chicago to Berlin to see their grandmother...
Lincoln was one of the most original letter-writers who ever penned an official communication. His famed letter giving Hooker command of the Army of the Potomac is too long to quote. Here is one written when Lincoln was still a lawyer in Springfield, to a Manhattan firm which had inquired about the financial standing of a certain Springfield citizen. Said Lincoln: "First of all, he has a wife and a baby; together they ought to be worth $500,000 to any man. Secondly, he has an office in which there is a table worth $1.50, and three chairs worth...
...problem lies with the present pronunciamento that the rising pedagog must publish if he hopes to climb to a worthwhile rung on the academic ladder. Whether or not the command is an intangible one, there are too many instances of the scholar's success being based wholly on the number of fly-leaves bearing his name. It has been said somewhere that the true scholar never creates; he delves into the past and criticizes. Practically all academic presses are engaged in printing and binding these gleanings. The creation of intellectual curiosity, and then of intellectual appreciation, in the minds...