Word: transition
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...although the guillible Mr. Braden may not have caught on, I am surprised that you apparently did not see that a few of the lads from Nassau were just having a bit of fun with him. The Harvard Crimson from its former high estate seems to have fallen. Sic Transit O. Chatfield Taylor, Yale...
...Admiral Charles S. Williams to U. S. Secretary of State Kellogg caused that statesman abruptly to change his mind as follows: He had instructed John Van Antwerp MacMurray, U. S. Minister at Peking, to hasten to Washington, hoping to delay action in the China crisis while he was in transit. Mr. MacMurray had duly set sail but when he reached Seoul, Korea last week, he was ordered back to Peking, went...
...residents along the Post Roard stand on their porches, shivering in the November dawn, chatting and awaiting the Sears cortege. After it has passed, headed by the ambitious lady, they so back to bed. And by the time they have fallen asleep the parade is miles beyond. For sic transit gloria mundi, gloria pedes and gloria Eleanora...
...special meeting of the Student Council was held yesterday to consider a reply to a letter from Prendergast to Daley that was mailed on the 9th before the official announcement of the break in athletic relations, but which was delayed in transit, and did not reach its destination until the 11th...
Whatever alarm there may be over rapid-transit dining about Harvard Square, there is none behind the counters of the food marts. Scaling their wares over the counter, the food-dispensers are speeding the guests on the way, careless alike of stomachic disturbances and desire for casual talk, both of which seem to be present in the student body...