Word: detailing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Junior Dance Committee held a meeting yesterday, discussing in detail the plans for the dance which will be held from 10 to 4 o'clock Friday night in Memorial Hall. The committee gave special emphasis to the fact that men will be allowed to bring to the hall only a small rug, and that they will have to provide their own punch bowl, ladle, and glasses. Each box will have been provided with a small table and table-cloth, as well as a sufficient number of cane-seated chairs. The committee further gave warning that box chairmen are responsible...
Just now Baruch seems to be the whole works here in Washington. He has pulled the reins out of everybody else's hands, and is flying down the road with his tail over the dashboard. He goes ahead and acts, regardless of authorization, money, or detail. When there isn't any money available, he uses his own. He has rented a whole floor for himself, and when his secretary reported difficulty about getting more rooms, he said: "Buy the building!" He is successful at getting things done, and with all his assumption of authority, no one gets...
...SWAN?A comedy of Continental Royalty which is a milestone in the season by virtue of its perfection in playing and detail...
...grasp of historical incident and atmospheric detail has characterized much of her work and The Conqueror, published in 1902, remains her best and most sustained novel, although she has produced excellent novels since then. Her interest in history still persists and, unless it has been totally disrupted by the great success of her recent work, she is working on a Life of Aaron Burr, whose character, she believes, we have all much misunderstood...
...eager to press on and to describe in detail how I wooed and won her in the face of opposition, and to tell you why my marriage, a love match pure and simple, was the climax of my life...