Word: doctoring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Walking through the tropical lowlands of Nicaragua is thirsty work, and during past elections Nicaraguans have been lured to the polls by the thought of the native rum, aguardiente, distributed by candidates. It was to the immense chagrin of voters, therefore, that Provisional President Carlos Brenes Jarquin, a doctor of medicine, decreed last week that during next month's Presidential election there will be no free liquor...
...almost legitimate." She is about to marry Victor Martinet (A. E. Matthews) who is aware of her past but wishes she would not talk about it so much. On the eve of the ceremony Victor is bowled over by a baroness. Dutiful Son Robert (Rex O'Malley), a doctor, saves the situation by seducing the baroness, to the consternation of his prim and jealous wife (Sylvia Field), who thought he had simply gone to Paris to deliver a baby...
...years ago Father Svensson's German provincial returned from a trip to Japan, asked the Icelander if he would not enjoy a similar jaunt. Permission was granted by the General of the Order in Rome, providing Father Svensson would write a book about his trip, obtain a reputable doctor's assurance that his health was perfect, pay his own way. Father Svensson in good shape save for a touch of rheumatism in one leg, raised money for his trip by lecturing in France, Switzerland, Germany, set out for Japan via the U. S. and Canada...
...weekly Presbyterian Banner announced that Toronto's Victoria College awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree Oct. 10 to "Lord Tweed S. Muir, Governor-General of Canada." Few days after said John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir) upon receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws from Queen's University at Kingston, Ont.: "We are living in a confused and difficult world...
...doctor once told City Traffic Engineer Ralph Dorsey of Los Angeles that in night driving a motorist's eyes become so sensitized to the white stripe painted down the middle of many highways that he follows it automatically, is thus likely to be drawn into intersectional crashes. The doctor suggested that there should be a signal to the eye which would warn the brain of an intersection ahead. Last week, Engineer Dorsey's idea of a good signal was amazing drivers at some dozen dangerous crossings in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley section...