Word: closing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Another famed exile to whom Wilhelmina gave sanctuary was Kaiser Wilhelm II, of Germany, at the close of the first World War. The Allies wanted to get their hands on him and try him. Wilhelmina called the Allied Ambassadors to her presence and lectured them on the rights of asylum...
...Morse of the Christian Science Monitor: "Harvard. I figure the two lines are pretty close to eleven. The Cantabs however, have a decided edge in the backfield with more and better ball carriers...
...game drew to a close. Torbie filled the air with desperation passes. He had played a great game, but no one could pull out a victory from the alert Bulldog...
...five sophomores who are as follows: Richard M. Jackson, Franklin King, Jr., William T. Peabody, Harvey C. Taylor, and will then bite their nails through a long introductory talk describing the difficulty of determining the winning Sophomore in such a close competition...
...taking his favorite plot of the sheep among wolves and putting it down in the heart of U. S. political life, the Senate, Frank Capra has created something close to dynamite in motion picture form. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", like all Capra pictures, makes you laugh, cry, and sit on the edge of your seat in suspense. But this time Capra has gone a step further: he has portrayed what James Truslow Adams calls the "American dream." Granted that the picture is emotional to the nth degree, the fact remains that democracy, Americanism--call it what you will...