Word: falle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...case was an oil reserve worth 100 millions and the owner was society. The decision restored to the U. S. Navy the tract of 9,321 oil-bearing acres called "Teapot Dome" in Natrona County, Wyo., which onetime (1921-23) U. S. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased in 1922 to Oilman Harry F. Sinclair & associates to develop and operate on a royalty basis for gas and oil "as long as produced in paying quantities...
Figures. The total recoveries of the U. S. from the Fall-Sinclair and earlier FallE. L. Doheny cases were estimated by Government estimators as follows...
...Viennese, who are so hazy about their Chief Executive that many are alleged not to know his name. Still more gratifying was the news that Lower Austria (a province) may adopt the poem as its official anthem, not having had a song of its own since the fall of the monarchy...
...there is no change. With Sunday still a blank, five days a week the Vagabond roams academic purlieus, poking his head into lecture rooms and art exhibits, and himself exhibiting a healthy interest in the things of the mind. But on Saturday, especially in the fall, all this generally goes off with the Friday night undressing, and Saturday's clean shirt brings with it a new character. Ice cream cones have vanished, and tub splashing is gone with all dead things, but the splashing spirit is still ready to splash...
...other Saturdays of the fall open house will be held, and at these times members may invite ladies as guests...