Word: fair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crowds, undeterred, gathered before the Kellogg house. Shortly before noon, the President came out, motored across to Minneapolis for luncheon, so that the twin cities might not fall out in jealousy. For luncheon at the Nicollet Hotel, food was served, not speeches. Then the party drove to the State Fair Grounds?neutral territory between the rivalrous twins. No President had been in the vicinity since President Wilson called in 1919. In 1921, Vice President Coolidge spoke at that very spot and met a chilly reception. In spite of wind and rain, a crowd of 100,000 or more stood...
...eight will be sent up the river for the four mile distance, with the Second crew pacing the University shell for the first two miles, and then the 1928 boat for the last two miles. All three boats will be clocked separately, and the performance tomorrow will be a fair indication of the progress of these crews to date...
...figures are compiled from reports and questionnaires of the two classes. The percentages vary widely in nearly everything except business and law. The former has 44 per cent of the 1903 class and bids fair to claim 40 per cent of this year's Seniors. The role of Distribution, as a business activity, seems to have become either more important or more attractive in the last twenty-two years, since 15 per cent of this year's class are planning to enter it, while only 6 per cent of the 1903 men are now engaged...
Sued for Divorce. Condé Nast, publisher and chief owner of Vogue, Vanity Fair, House and Garden, Royal, Children's Vogue, Vogue Pattern Book, by Clarisse Coudert Nast, daughter of Charles Coudert, member of the law firm of Coudert Bros., one of the oldest international law firms in the U. S.; in Paris. They have lived apart for some time...
...cynical blot on western competency that the fabrications of a wild romancer like Ossendowski pass as interpretations of the Orient, and it is a fault in occidental optimism that it seems to ignore the ancient East. In the East civilization arose earliest, has lasted with least change, and bids fair to endure with greatest permanency. The East is both civilized and barbarous, and out of its barbarity new hordes may rush upon the flimsy fabric of occidentalism. In pushing strident commercial claims, the possibility of reaction must be remembered; and greed for a few dollars today must not be allowed...