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Word: contentions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will be. The two young murderers, both of whom are described as "intellectually brilliant" come from extremely wealthy families. They await the findings of the court confident that they will be cleared, or at least let off with mild sentences. One of them is said to be "cocky"--sneeringly content that his punishment will be side-stepped. Unfortunately, he has some foundation in past history for his confidence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 6/11/1924 | See Source »

...could be achieved by having the comedian, in blackface, clashing cymbals from the roof of a purple-and-yellow moving van; as the caravan wound at an impressive pace through the countryside. Still, one can't have everything. For the present, Maine and New Hampshire will have to be content with the Ford truck and the famous Dramatic Club lighting. Perhaps another year will see the darkey, the cymbals, and the moving van playing up in the good old Ringling style...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OPEN ROAD | 6/3/1924 | See Source »

...iodin in the food and water taken into the body. Dr. J. F. McClendon, Professor of Physiology in the University of Minnesota, and Joseph C. Hathaway have completed an analysis of food found in goitrous and non-goitrous regions. In regions where goitre did not prevail the iodin content of the food may be as much as 100% higher than in goitrous regions. The investigators also analyzed the water from various cities in the U. S. It was found that the water with the highest iodin content had 18,470 times as much iodin as that with the lowest content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Goitre | 6/2/1924 | See Source »

...just about forgotten that vaudeville is a form of entertainment, and had become almost content with going to the Copley once in a long while and reading the New York criticisms between-vacations. But there seems to have been a lot of publicity for vaudeville lately--a big article all about the Industry in the Satevepost; the notorious Heywood Broun recently driven to the wall by his own contribs and forced to admit that some vaudeville is pretty good; and that story about the lady in the hospital who, on realizing she had missed a whole bill at Keith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/28/1924 | See Source »

...this fact that the Harvard men, who remember Hyatt's winning high jump in the Yale meet last year, pin their hopes for several points. Gerould and Hyatt, then, both of Harvard should take the first two places in the broad jump, while Gifford of Yale will have to content himself with third place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Experts Busy Forecasting Find Yale Sure Winner Today But None Can Agree On Score | 5/24/1924 | See Source »

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