Word: age
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eleven, little Aaron applied for admission to Princeton, but looked less than his age and was rejected...
Last week Sir Basil Thomson, now 64 years of age, was arraigned in a London police court on the incredible charge of having misconducted himself with a young girl in Hyde Park. The more inflammatory despatches did not hesitate to link mention of the crime of rape with the arrest. Stolid Englishmen were literally aghast at what seemed to be a national scandal...
...with an example of modern methods. The Greek government has observed the example with interest and ordered it followed in the great housing works which must soon be undertaken to provide for he large surplus of population. Then, too, America has embodied the brilliant cultural ideals of the Golden Age of Greece in this new building on Grecian soil. The modern world has combinea its contribution of efficiency with ancient architectural greatness to provide a beacon for a rejuvenated Greece...
Cables from Syria announced that the Jebel Druz Sultan, El Atrash, has resorted to the last extremity of resistance against the French by proclaiming a holy war. After issuing an order prohibiting the sowing of winter grain by men between 20 and 60 years of age, El Atrash called an assembly of the chiefs at which it was allegedly decided to excommunicate every Druse who should fail to devote himself to the long-standing struggle with the French (TIME, Dec. 14 et ante...
...read: This is a new age, and a great age. This loud vast machine civilization contains greater materials for art than any of the previous ages of history. And the New Masses writers and artists are not going to run away from...