Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born in 1547. The exact date is not known, but as Catholics are baptized as soon as possible after birth, it must have been on the 7th or 8th of October, because he was christened in the Church of Santa...
...Rogers '04, the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Relations, explained and defended the policies of the present administration which he characterized as "experimenting with many forward-looking plans whose exact value and worth only the future will tell". He outlined the present protective tariff which he said was deriving for the country the benefits of protection in addition to vast revenue although the rates were extremely low. The Budget he declared was "putting business into government" and perhaps saving the country as much as a million dollars a day. The present immigration law he heartily praised...
...effort to stop rum running, it is understood that Secretary Hughes made advances to Great Britain for coöperation in suppressing the traffic. The exact matter of the negotiations is not known. It is understood that Great Britain would decline to grant any extension of the three-mile limit. It is possible that Great Britain might notify the United States of ships clearing from British ports with large liquor cargoes. The suggestion that the Bahamas be placed on a liquor ration, however, is apparently not favored in the British Colonial office, as appears from statements in the House...
...cigarette, and is a picture of negligent loafing. He tells stories among his fellows, plays pranks and howls with laughter. Seemingly, he is constitutionally incapable of effort. But you may see him glance at the clock, and move quickly away. The clock is the slave-driver. Everything moves by exact timing. On the minute the singer hurries backstage for a rehearsal, the assistant conductor to play the organ or direct the trumpets behind the scenes, the stage official to give the signal for the curtain or the descent of the dove or the collapse of the temple. The amount...
...population of Chichen Itza was about 500,000. Their decorative arts show exquisite workmanship. Astronomy and mathematics were highly developed. They had an elaborate picture writing, much of which has been deciphered, giving the clue to many dates in inscriptions and chronicles. Their calendar was the most complex and exact known in the ancient world, with a century of 52 years, and a year of 18 months of 20 days each...