Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...come along this evening And one and all we feel We wish that you could see us For we've all got sex appeal...
Varied schemes for reorganization were suggested and discussed, prominent among them being the modification of banjo and mandolin activities. This is a logical step, in line with modern tastes and trends. The vocal Club is the strongest member of the organization because of its natural appeal to students who prefer lighter music than that offered by the Glee Club. Around it, the Gold Coast Orchestra, and the ever-popular specialty acts, the new officers can build the prospects for a highly successful season...
Crowned Queen of the Mardi Gras Carnival was pretty Jessie Wing Janvier, daughter of Judge George Janvier of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, previously picked as Carnival Queen of the Twelfth Night Revelers and the Elves of Oberon. Her consort, Rex, Lord of Misrule, was President Albert Barnet Paterson of New Orleans Public Service...
...taxpayer to prevent sale of bonds for a new Jackson County courthouse site on Oak Street. President of McCoy Land Co. was Lawyer William C. Scarritt of the prominent firm of Scarritt, Jones & North. Although a lower court ruled the McCoy suit had no merit, Lawyer Scarritt threatened an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court. Fearing further delay would cause the selection of another courthouse site, property owners of the proposed site on Oak Street hired Lawyer Henry Spotswood Conrad, agreed to pay him a $1,000 fee and $250 expenses to get Lawyer Scarritt to withdraw his suit. After...
Governor Herbert Lehman of New York was the first top-rank executive of the nation to call a venereal disease by its name. Said he: "Once the facts become generally known, the humanitarian appeal of syphilis will be fully as great, or even greater than that presented by any communicable disease...