Word: defending
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bath tub in which the great Marat was stabbed by Charlotte Corday. This new fad of Americans no longer to confine themselves to purely artistic objects and to enter the field of historic memorials has caused the fellow countrymen of Watteau and Monet to rise in righteous anger to defend their national treasures. At present, their efforts have taken the form of a million dollar law suit against the gentleman of the United States...
Winifred Lenihan, Theatre Guild actress (Joan of Arc, Major Barbara), went to court last week to defend her right to put a baby and some clothing on the balcony of her Manhattan apartment. Her landlords, the Turtle Bay Holding Co. Inc., testified: 1) that she erected the balcony in violation of her lease; 2) that the presence of the baby and clothing on the balcony annoyed the neighbors...
...fell within the vital area of the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal. And it fell while the U. S. battle fleet was attempting last week to "destroy" the Canal in the most intricate of war games. The U. S. scouting fleet was trying to defend...
...Jansen '26, seeded third, W. H. Rise, seeded fifth, and F. S. Hill '24, seeded sixth, are among the most prominent of the remaining seeded players J. L. Pool '29, captain of last year's University squash team and present state champion, will be unable to defend his title this year, since he is now residing in another state...
...Pool '29, captain of last year's University team, and winner of the State title last season will be unable to defend his crown this year, since he is now residing out of the state...