Word: documental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...court order he was to offer the road at "the main entrance of the division superintendent's office at the Cedar Lake Shops." Arriving at the precise spot on the second floor of a grimy yellow brick building, white-crowned old Master Abbott pulled out a bound document, adjusted his pince-nez, began to read aloud to himself. Sixteen times had Mr. Abbott tried to sell the railroad, and he was not surprised that no one showed up for 17th offering...
Shortly Mr. Abbott looked up from his document to announce to himself: "The sale is had pursuant to the decrees entered, and decrees provided that at any time the sale can be adjourned by public oral announcement to rooms in the division superintendent's office." At that point Mr. Abbott muttered: "Adjournment is now taken.'' Picking up his brief case, he stalked into the offices, looked around for an empty desk, hung up his hat and coat, got out more documents. No one paid any attention. He had 14 parcels of property to offer...
...officials are frequently remiss in their labors. Without carefully reading the manuscript. Book Society officials picked for their May selection Coronation Commentary by Geoffrey Dennis, ordered 10,000 copies. The title was perfectly timed. Of the author, the officials knew that he was Editor & Chief of the Document Service of the League of Nations Secretariat, well-versed in the history and procedure of the British Crown, author of many a forceful magazine article, and husband of a great-niece of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. They knew too that Author Dennis had been at Oxford with the Duke of Windsor, presumably liked...
Said Mrs. Macfadden's attorney, Gustave B. Garfield: "We intend swearing out criminal warrants against Mr. Oursler and Miss Lambert. Producing a document in writing purporting to come from another person for the purpose of damaging his or her reputation is a felony under New York penal...
Yesterday's official word from University Hall replaces the statement in the first and fullest document of Wednesday, April 14, that the syllabus would be in the hands of the interested by Maytime. It also provides some further data on President Conant's most recent cultural innovation...