Word: aridity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...until Quezon's outburst. The new Mayor, Eulogio Rodriguez, it seemed, however, had been convicted in 1900, aged 16, of procuring the abduction of a woman by bandits. He had served a year in Bilibid Penitentiary. Subsequently, 1901-1907, he was in the Government service as an interpreter arid in other capacities. In 1909 the Governor General appointed him Mayor of Montalban, Rizal. In 1916 he was elected Governor of Rizal. In 1922 he was reelected. In 1916, when elected Governor, the Governor General made an investigation of Rodriguez's record, and Rodriguez was allowed to stay...
...Klan, according to the editor of the Fiery Cross, intends to invest $500,000 in the plant and to raise a similar amount toward a permanent endowment. The curriculum will be modelled on the standard college course, arid the full quota of degrees will be given...
...Clark is that they have nothing in common. President Alexander Meiklejohn of Amherst is a great educator. President Wallace W. Atwood of Clark is what is known as an " authority on geography." President Meiklejohn is a liberal. President Atwood is a reactionary. President Meiklejohn is opposed by his trustees arid supported by his student body. President Atwood is opposed by his student body and supported by his trustees. President Meiklejohn seems sure to lose his job. President Atwood seems sure to keep...
...York Evening Post: "... amusing every minute . . . show is as good as ever arid that is saying...
...says that she presumes that The Step on the. Stair is her last book; but almost winks when she says it. She is a born storyteller. True, one does not find much of what is ordinarily known as fine writing in her books; but, neither does one find arid stretches. They are yarns built with a genius for amazing effects and drawing out suspense...