Word: fell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Professing to feel refreshed from their vacation Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge and their son John boarded the Presidential special at Ludlow. For two hours they stood on the back platform waving to crowds at stations; then darkness fell and next morning they were in Washington...
After the first burst of excitement, the British public fell to speculating upon the probable names of the babe. The Earl of Harewood made known that Uncle David (Prince of Wales) would be godfather and that the baby would certainly receive one of his godfather's many names...
...98th year he was seated at his desk when the "Wall Street bomb'" explosion occurred. When shattered glass suddenly fell on the floor beside him, he calmly directed that it be cleaned up, proceeded with his work...
...index, covering 404 commodities, registered 147.0, compared with 144.6 for the preceding June, and 150.6 for July, 1923. Last month's was the first upward tendency shown since February, 1924. Of its nine principal commodity group indices, four declined, one remained unchanged, and four rose. Fuel and lighting fell from 175 last June to 173 last July, metals from 132 to 130, building materials from 173 to 169, and house furnishings from 172 to 171. Chemicals and drugs remained unchanged at 127. But farm products shot up from 134 to 141, food from 136 to 138, cloths and clothing...
General Pershing and Governor Cox, of Massachusetts, reviewed the parade of the veterans. While rain fell, continuously, heavily, old men marched, marched...