Word: favors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...arguments brought to bear in favor of reimbursement were the usual ones of the good fortune of the son of the wealthy being able to devote most of his time to sport competition as compared to the son of the poor who could ill afford even to take a week . . ., and of course the answer to this argument was, as it should be, that sport competition is but a part of the activity of life and is but a part of the satisfaction of living. That he who labors with his mind or his hands is much more...
...title in 1909, and Ferdinand built up his country, which he styled "Mon Oeuvre," by tireless devotion to public works and by obtaining the annexation to Bulgaria of a part of Thrace in 1913. On Oct. 3, 1918, Tsar Ferdinand was forced by the victorious Allies to abdicate in favor of the present Tsar Boris. He has led a superficially retired existence since then, but rumor pictures him as ever busy with secret intrigue in the interests of the dynasty which he founded...
...there is no honest Rabelaisian lewdness in the pages of this flaccid journal; he must have been able to see that the editors were engaged in the far dirtier business of trying to make the clean appear foul. By barring the issue he has done the publisher a notable favor...
...only one meal left to eat on earth, and that he knew would be a good one-chicken. Suddenly the jailer came to his cell and told him his execution had been stayed. Mr. McCarthy's face brightened, then fell. Said he: "Captain, lemme ask you one favor. Lemme stay in here tonight, Boss, and eat ma meal. Lemme eat that chicken just like I was going...
...trial for murder and the court set about impaneling a jury. On the first day, 47 men were examined?farmers, mechanics, laborers, business men; out of this number 12 could not be found who did not state in definite terms that they were incontrovertibly prejudiced in favor of the defendant. Yet the case against Blazer was clear. The question raised by the disqualified jurymen involved an exceedingly subtle definition of law, an exceedingly complicated issue of ethics. "To commit murder you have to kill a human being, haven't you?" they asked...