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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...frequently castigated because she had ventured to enter a bazaar veilless some months ago, had been seized by her husband's retainers, shut up in solitude. With the assistance of the Russian police, roused to investigate the Persian's house, a door was forced and the inner compound entered. At a stake set up in a pool of muddy offal was found, chained like a dog, the merchant's feminist wife. Rescued, nursed, she hovered between death and recovery...
...Will Get Compound Interest...
...classes engaged in raising their class gift. Contributions to the Fund from members of classes less than 25 years out of college may be credited toward their respective class gifts. However, all such funds will be paid over to the Treasurer of the University, and will receive compound interest at the same state as the other University investments...
They were problems in the multiplication and division of compound fractions. "Find 83 1/3% of 460." Clackety clackety-clackety-clack, went chalk in the fingers of a shrewd urchin. Clack-ety-clack-et . . , but before the blushing adult competitor had finished his third tier of multiplication, the urchin stood triumphantly at ease. It was quicker when you recognized...
...lately harassed wanderer through the academic wasteland of examinations who has a mind for relaxation of intellect and entertainment of the eye and ear, Marilyn Miller in "Sunny" presents great attractions while "Castles in the Air" runs a close second. For those with a desire for a compound of thrills and laughs "The Ghost Train" was especially written...