Word: detectives
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Each of these Senators was threatened with 24-hour-a-day espionage by two French suffragettes, the avowed purpose being to "detect and expose to the public the vices, weaknesses and ineptitudes of all Senators opposed to women's suffrage...
Following the Walker visit to San Luis Obispo, observers watched the Hearst press to see if they could detect a change of policy. Perhaps Smith, eager to win, could now tolerate Hearst, at a distance and through an emissary, in return for an "even break" in the Hearst press. Perhaps Smith's friends, without consulting him, were trying to patch up a working agreement, putting it on a party instead of a personal basis. Or perhaps Publisher Hearst, lonely in his demesne, merely wanted to be amused and informed by the knowing japes of Manhattan's official comedian...
Seasoned travelers who remember the Trans-Siberian trip from before the War, could not detect, last week, anything changed or unfamiliar in the following description, released by Cooks, of the journey as it is today...
Callous critics have tried to detect the underlying principles and sublime morals in the function. It was for just such as these that Mark Twain prescribed shooting for those that sought a moral in Huckleberry Finn. But no one need heed these defilers of the Freshman's pleasure. Whether it represents the climax of the first year, the matriculation into full-fledged Sophomores, or any of many other symbols, no one very much cares. But everyone will at least agree that the Standish back-yard (or smith Common room, as the Fates decide) has never been graced with more delightful...
...seldom scholarly writing, and indeed these books lay no claim to the latter title. Written, one by the political authority of the eminent Baltimore Sun, the other by a Princeton professor, both books will be chiefly of lay interest. Both authors are well-informed, authoritive, and unbiased. Scholars will detect occasional minor flaws, but will be impressed with the shrewdness of interpretations given to party platforms, campaign pledges, election results...