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...Club door assorted Cerberi will survey all comers and inside the house the preparations are no less thorough. The President will be surrounded by his bodyguard, and Federal agents in the guise of stewards will circulate throughout the rooms. All the food and accompanying liquids will be subject to the official tasters, who are expected to taste everything in moderation only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Secret Service Agents Prepare Way for President Roosevelt's Visit to Fly Club | 2/20/1935 | See Source »

When the Press tried to catch Frank Ryan yesterday afternoon they were confronted by one of the Colonel's Cerberi. "You can't get In" the old song droned. "But Frank Ryan told us to be here this afternoon." "Who's he," came the response, "one of the football players...

Author: By I. D., | Title: THE CRIME | 9/23/1933 | See Source »

Last the perfunctory remarks on the appearance of the book, a sop to those cerberi of literature who never think of leaving their post on the outskirts of bookdom and opening a volume, but confine their admiration to the outsides of gaudy editions; these will be glad to know that the book is handsome to the view, while the reader will be pleased to find the binding solid and the type clear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Commemoration Book. | 6/6/1887 | See Source »

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