Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sale of tickets which has been satisfactory in the last two weeks assures the affair of being a financial success. The number of stags has increased appreciably, the number on the eve of the dance having reached...
...members of the University and their guests are invited to attend. The tickets which will go on sale about June 1, will cost $1.25. In the past the affair has attracted a large number of people, the usual attendance being about...
...voted it quite the most beautiful and elaborate May pageant ever held at Mount Holyoke, and doubtless it outshone many a similar affair elsewhere in the land, for Mount Holyoke had outdone herself to observe the 25th anniversary in office of her celebrated President, Dr. Mary Emma Woolley...
...company has accordingly arranged a public demonstration before a Mayor Quinn. Chief Inspector P. J. Hurley, and other municipal notables to prove the absolute safety of their vests. In order that the whole affair might be quite open and above board the Boston agents decided to get a Harvard man to appear as the wearer of the vest. An offer of $25 was made to any student who would brave the point-blank fire of a pistol in the interests of public safety and knowledge...
...such players, there yet exists a certain lure in conversational bridge. A judicious phrase, a word here and there when not carried to the extreme of actual information, often turns a dull hand into a delightful bluff. A finesse is transformed from a mere mathematical chance to a palpitating affair of flesh and blood. While the game still retains its intelligent halo, the human factor which makes poker endurable is also added...