Word: faux
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Whether or not the delinquent cadet hurt either his own or the Academy's reputation will be long discussed, but on one point Cagle certainly committed a faux pas and played right into the hands of the Army's rival, the Naval Academy. These two institutions severed athletic relationships several years ago on an issue in which men like Cagle were the points of controversy. College athletes, after having played three years at their respective universities, went to either of the academies and played there for four more years Harry Wilson, who had previously played at Pennsylvania, had just completed...
...done nothing else the Ileana-Alexander faux pas has boosted the sale of Alexander's mother's book: Daisy, Princess of Pless, by Herself (Button...
...such a statement the English mind sees no trace of hypocrisy. The absurdity of implying that Indians are the subjects of Englishmen rather than of the King alone is easily passed over. And in the London press last week Earl Russell received credit for having ably sidestepped a faux pas. In intelligent Indian circles it was fully realized, however, that the nice man who had sat up all night with his dog and was woozy-headed afterward has admitted to saying something which, if it means anything, means exactly what he denies having said-namely that it will be some...