Word: amounts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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California, with a primary imminent, was claimed for Candidate Smith ahead of Candidates Walsh and Reed. Here, really, was a crux of the Smith candidacy which its supporters were taking on a surprising amount of faith. The California primary, first direct contest between the leading candidates, is of great importance psychologically as well as numerically. California is farthest from New York. California contains a curious mixture of wet Protestants, dry Catholics and vice versas. Thousands of Republicans were registered to vote in the Democratic primary. To predict a decisive Smith victory in California the margin of 10,000 votes quoted...
...Veterans Act of 1924. C. Passed a bill authorizing $6,499,500 for improving Army airports. C, Passed a bill authorizing the leasing of public lands for airports. C. Debated a bill providing $38.50 for a Nicaraguan woman, whose dress was torn by U. S. Marines; raised the amount to $138.50 and passed it. C. Debated Flood Control...
...failed to give one one's money's worth, but this week the Metropolitan gives interest--huge interest--in that Cupid-like "Barnum of Bandland," the rotund Paul Whiteman. But it has long been our opinion that Paul not only possesses his share of avoirdupois but also a proportionate amount or that something known as "it." To say the least, he and his music fill the mammoth Met stage as it has never been filled before with beats and throbs and sobs of soulful syncopation. In fact, Paul, surrounded by a more admirable bevy of beauties, more satisfactory dancers...
...batting was light, but, considering the small amount of practice which the teams have had, the fielding was of a high grade...
...Modern Language Department has been the object of much experimentation in its undergraduate work. The tutorial system was first used to its fullest extent in this field; language requirements have been adjusted along more flexible lines, and some sort of effort has been made to cut down the amount of elementary work necessary. Adapted as the courses in this field are to outside reading assignments and critical reports, the Reading Period found its most general acceptance among them, while the other group has for obvious reasons been more conservative in its adoption...