Word: connection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...practice in writing on gleanings from the newspapers develops the 'daily theme eye,' which is to the writer what color values are to the artist; that is, the ability daily to see possibilities in and connect ideas with, seemingly insignificant subjects...
...proposed footbridge across the Charles River, which will be built at the foot of De Wolfe Street, about 300 yards downstream from the Weld Boathouse, and will connect the Business School with the University proper, is to be named the John W. Weeks Bridge in honor of the former Secretary of War. The University and the Commonwealth have received a gift from former business associates of Secretary Weeks and those who have since been admitted to the firm of which he was one of the founders, for the building of the bridge in commemoration of his achievements in behalf...
...game was on Holmes Field, and perched up on the top row of the bleachers were Frederick Winsor '93, and Maynard Ladd '94, to write up the game. But new to connect Winsor and Ladd with Mac and Ed? Again Hunt, overcomer of obstacles, came through with one of his schemes. He corralled a lot of boys with bicycles, and as fast as Winsor and Ladd would get a bunch of copy written, they would wrap it around a stone and drop it over the bleachers to one of the young bicyclists waiting below, and away it would go across...
...most interesting parts of the film depicts Mr. Lloyd-George, soberly clad in tweed golfing togs, surrounded by an indecorus mob of nude athletes of both sexes. Just how he was inveigled into this pose is not stated. However, the famous statesman doesn't want constituents to connect him with unconventionality, and is doing his best to prevent the film from being shown in England...
...Lago Maggiore, famed azure cradle of les Isles Borromees lies the little town of Lacarno, at what is said to be the lowest spot in Switzerland. To harassed negotiators, what could be a fairer haven? Locarno boasts but a single copper thread of telegraph wire to connect it with the outside world. Its atmosphere is not Swiss but Italian. Its climate has not the smart alpine tang of St. Moritz, but the balmy southern lambency of Italian Stresa, just across the lake...