Word: close
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Then Hester, disturbed by the misery she felt in Clive, in Monica, could not leave well enough alone; followed her mother-in-law, and by malicious coincidence found an old lover among Monica's new friends. Monica, quick to recognize the situation, flared into unaccustomed wrath, disrupting the close understanding between Clive and his wife. Only by the deftest handling did she bring them together again, finding in the process a deep affection and necessity for dark Hester...
Sleep: "Only for a minute nod your head "Close your eyes to the steering lever only for a little "Your hand will remain awake...
...White House last week went Dr. Wu Chao-chu to present to President Hoover his letter of credence as Chinese Minister (Nationalist Government). Dr. Wu expressed his pleasure at finding as President "a statesman who has intimate personal knowledge of China through long residence in the country and close contact with the people." The new Minister's father, Dr. Wu Ting-fang, represented China in Washington before the 1912 revolution...
Though the meeting closed on a note of good-fellowship, it was rumored that Sir Henri, watchful of Shell,* U. S., Mexican, Colombian and particularly Venezuelan interests, had at one point seemed quite unable to reconcile himself to the A. P. I. program. After the close of the conference he announced, however, that he would give the movement his "100% co-operation." He added that he was at the meeting in an unofficial capacity as observer and A.P.I. guest...
...preliminary season for the three University crews was brought to a close yesterday with an informal race from Braves Field upstream to the Cambridge Boat Club...