Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Houses. By the last will and testament of the late Seth Buddhimal, wealthy and pious banker of Sihora, Central India, there has been left, it was announced last week, $100,000 to build and endow in perpetuity three rest houses into which insects may withdraw from the world. Poor travelers will be allowed to sleep overnight in these bug rest houses, will even be paid a small sum for doing so, as long as they lie still and kill no bugs. Should a sleeper kill a bug, even by accidentally rolling over, he will be ejected from the bug house...
Significance. Aside from U. S. financial interests in Nicaragua which are considerable, the U. S. holds a perpetual permit to build an inter-ocean canal across the Nicaraguan isthmus which was purchased by the U. S. during the Taft Administration (1913). Throughout the past decade successive U. S. Administrations, of whatever party, have kept a detachment of Marines in Nicaragua until last year, when their withdrawal was followed immediately by the coup d' état of General Chamorro. The Nicaraguan Administrations upheld by the U. S. have apparently been obnoxious to a majority of Nicaraguans, but in upholding...
...stock. Their ancestors, not wealthy enough to own slaves, did well as farmers while the original fertility of soil remained. Ignorant of modern refertilization, they grew so poor as to be ignorant of everything else. Miss Berry now mothers 700 of them a year, 500 boys, 200 girls, who build their own buildings, study soil, crops, many another practical subject. Mr. Ford, reported as "intending to assist Berry with a foundation at the proper time," gave forth no interview at Rome. At Cincinnati, he said: "These young folks make very intelligent factory workers, .and are very trustworthy, I understand...
...small-town suspicion to the guileless urbanity of the metropolis. Near the end, the sister's meretricious snooping is smartly smacked down; marriage negotiations are resumed. The "comedy of character" fails to concentrate on one principal character. Little episodes of suspicion are heaped, one upon the other, to build up a mound of irritation, but not a real climax. No single incident is emphasized to give unity and effective emphasis to the plot action. Therefore, till the second half of the last act, the play dawdles along without seizing upon the audience's imagination or sympathy. The Emperor...
...distrust of other countries. The students resolved to meet these needs by themselves, and they did it in an effort unique in the history of university life. The university youth opened their own restaurants, food-shops, and bookstores, thus considerably reducing the price of living. The students began to build their own student-homes, and, after a five-year's struggle, the local, national, and international organizations of students brought into existence a powerful system for meeting the material needs of their members. The student in Europe today can buy more cheaply than others, gets considerable reductions on travelling expenses...