Word: bear
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This fight, for equality within the church will bear some watching. The quieting influence of religion should prevent any strenuous demonstration, but mankind can rest assured that, having gotten into Congress, the weaker sex cannot be kept from the pulpit. If precedent means anything, a definite attempt to deny this right always carries with it the danger of a well wrapped brick being hurled through priceless stained glass...
...representations of antique textiles to exquisite chapter headings, from designs taken from the mosaics of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome to sketches similar to one entitled "William Morris speaking from a wagon in Hyde Park, May 1, 1894." The drawings were intended for reproduction and many of them bear, in the artist's handwriting, instructions to the engraver and frequently the words: "Return to Walter Crane: 18 Holland St., Kensington...
...after all, because hardly anyone bothered to read the report and almost no one remained in the chamber to hear the Senator dilate and expatiate and ejaculate upon it. It was an old, oft-told story and much though they used to like Senator Reed, his colleagues could not bear to hear him go all through the Vare iniquities again...
...point for the Prince, went for $1,730 to Victor Emanuel, a U. S. sportsman who hunts frequently at Melton Mowbray. Another American, Mrs. Adamson, who hunts with the Quorn, got a beautiful hunter, Lady Doon, for $1,750. One horse, Just an Idea, the Prince could not bear to part with, and it was withdrawn. The sale brought $20,000 in all, a ridiculous sum as U. S. prices...
However, small 4-cylinder air-cooled "in-lines" are beginning to be manufactured in the U. S. Small gadabouts demand them. Among those already tried out satisfactorily are the Dayton Bear, American Cirrus, Aeronautical Products Scorpion, De Havilland Gipsy, National Aero Cameron...