Word: platformization
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...platform at the upper end of the rowing room is open to all those who wish to see the practice...
Besides the speakers a number of prominent graduates occupied seats upon the platform, among them being Mr. E. W. Hooper, Mr. Endicott Peabody, Mr. C. F. Adams, 2d, Col. R. H. Stevenson, Mr. Thayer, and Mr. Francis Peabody...
...editorial writer in the Crimson who compares the coached debater to a chess player performing the mechanical act of moving the pieces while an expert behind his back plans the moves for him, can hardly imagine that a professor stands on the platform behind the debater, whispering in his ear, though his words would seem to imply some such belief. If the part of the chess expert were limited to improving his pupil's play before the match the comparison would be less infelicitous...
...that no matter how high an ideal his readers have formed of him, they will not be disappointed when they see or hear him. Besides the qualities of thought and expression, the wisdom, the wit, the pathos and the power which characterize his writings, he brings to the platform the added attractions of a fine presence and strong personal magnetism...
...that no matter how high an ideal his readers have formed of him, they will not be disappointed when they see or hear him. Besides the qualities of thought and expression, the wisdom, the wit, the pathos and the power which characterize his writings, he brings to the platform the added attractions of a fine presence and strong personal magnetism...