Word: fewness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The three year statute of limitations will bar the Grand Jury from action within a few weeks.
*Amarillo's three claims to fame are Editor Howe, Soprano Mary McCormic of the Chicago Civic Opera Company who was born there, and one of the world's few deposits of natural helium gas.
The periwigged gallants, for instance, have crude methods of bathing. The great lexicographer Samuel Johnson, whom Peter meets, only "thunders out a few platitudes." And when Peter absentmindedly reaches for a cigaret he finds only a miniature cabinet. On the other hand, he creates a reputation for brilliance simply by...
Chauffeurs, colonels, farmers, and a few noble lords, laughed and patted him on the back. Three hundred and twenty-one holders of the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military award, had gathered to dine with Edward of Wales, were waiting to walk in to tables laid in the royal...
A few minutes later the Cabinet risked a second vote of confidence?not involving the Catholic issue?and increased their majority from 71 to 79. After one of the longest crises in French History, there was again a Government. With Tardieu and Briand in the saddle, the new Cabinet seemed...