Word: cats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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About half way through, the cat climbs out of the bag. The woman of mystery is Mary Ogden herself, miraculously rejuvenated by Steinach, medical genius of Vienna...
...countless romances and tragedies that have been written around this theme are no exaggeration of the fact. Men will continue to be forced to marry, or women not to marry, if they are to win their inheritance. Nevada will continue to have as many Rhodes Scholars as New York. Cat-sanitariums and homes for eeble-minded poll-parrots will continue to prosper, while "humanitarian" institutions in the literal sense of the word are suffering from want of funds. This is a part of the heritage of Past to Present...
...Thus, by the two boys Milton Perkins and Jerry Sawyer, was the now famous 'Tom-cat' started on its beneficial career...
...opposite beam and Robert Bruce nine tries to defeat the English, the figure nine has been accredited with extraordinary mystical powers. Fail once, then try eight more times, and on the ninth attempt success will result. If nine tries are too exhausting, three might do. "Thrice the brinded cat hath spowed," said the witch in Macbeth, and undoubtedly her use of the number was highly significant. But there are some numbers that apparently mean nothing...
...mind which has followed the war. The present theatre-going public wants emotional thrill of some kind. If it gets this, it goes home satisfied, regardless of the structure of the play and the probability of the plot". The result is the popularity of the mystery plays like The Cat and the Canary, or of riotous farces such as The First Year. During the past season, plays of undoubted merit failed in New York owing to this particular taste for the exotic and thrilling...