Word: witnessed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sufficient check on so-called "nasty jokes". Violations of propriety such as recently reported at Tech tend to lower the good standing of student publications, and to bring forth agitation in some quarters for strong faculty control of the press. Thus the matter of an ill attempt at wit may easily result in a complete gagging of freedom and prevent the desirable open expression of opinion which is at present such a valuable part of college journalism...
...sheep herder is Pietro Cardinal Gasparri. This priest of strong and massive build can charm a Principessa with his wit, astonish a jurist by his profundity in canon law (which he has codi-fied), or paralyze a nervous opponent by the piercing glance of his large eyes, peering from beneath abnormally heavy, Mephistophelian eyebrows (see cut). Cardinal Gasparri has been Papal Secretary of State for 14 years, twice the length of the tenure of any Prime Minister in Europe. Last week he rose to the grand climax of his career by signing a document which liberates Pope Pius XI from...
Chesterton ever a favorite, more than holds his own in this book rich in good sense, wit and plain cheerful truth. It overflows with the exuberance of mental energy...
...Wrong. Sin and gin will not help The Nation. Mr. Broun himself has been helped by neither. Tex Guinan has not helped him to courage, or wit, or passion or greatness. A Broadway night club is not a nursery for brave thinking...
...her?omen of evil?and when she reached a clearing she could see a cloud of his fellows in waterspout formation pointing like a finger down to the knoll in the swamp. She was betrayed. In an agony of fear and bafflement Hagar of the massive torso and puny wit, surrendered to her fate. But suddenly a beautiful idea dawned: "A nigger killin' heself by what de white folks calls committin' suicide."?"Everybody know nigger nebber kill heself."?"Why dat is?"?" 'Cause nigger ain't worry heself dat much...