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Word: desiree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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" I have no desire to change these declarations except to strengthen them, if possible. If such a protest has in reality been made, I take this opportunity to assure those who have made it that it will be answered promptly upon its receipt . . .

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: Labor's Candidate | 11/19/1923 | See Source »

The very mention of secret practice curtailment brings upon its author a flood of resentment and vituperation. In nine cases out of ten this abuse comes from inability to differentiate between curtailment and elimination. It is an established fact that some secret practice is a necessity. Success in important games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECRET PRACTICE | 11/15/1923 | See Source »

It is folly to expect that the work of these deputation groups in visiting the schools will be confined to the ideal boundaries of merely encouraging the schoolboy to desire a college education for schlastic reasons. Any such delegation must discuss the college life as a whole, and just as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNSUSPECTED DANGERS | 11/15/1923 | See Source »

"The Filipines desire their independence, and permanent political stability cannot come until they obtain at least absolute political freedom in domestic affairs. On the political situation depends the economic. Americans are more interested in the economic development of the country than they are in the political, and, therefore, in order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAYS PHILIPPINES OFFER GOOD INVESTMENT FIELD | 11/13/1923 | See Source »

Cyrano, the play, offers romance trimmed and garnished with all the vast imagination of Edmond Rostand's genius. It makes no pretense of credibility; it is frankly a love story with plenty of swordplay and roses. Cyrano, himself, is an individual whose enormous heart is only exceeded in magnitude by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Nov. 12, 1923 | 11/12/1923 | See Source »

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