Word: fifths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...existing there through religious superstition, racial hostility and British commercial exploitation of the Indian peoples, the most promising solution is, it seems to me, the spreading influence of the sort of Christianity which is taught and lived by men like Dr. Jones, the Christianity not, let us say, of Fifth Avenue, but of Jesus Christ. Too much can never be said in praise of Dr. Jones and his work, and his book is one of the outstanding contributions of this age to letters and to constructive thought...
...this Island commodity, he said, would be a "betrayal of trust by the U. S. toward a dependent people." He argued that Philippine sugar, less than one-fifth of U. S. consumption, does not affect the domestic market, that the attempt to limit Philippine sugar came not from the U. S. beet-sugar industry but "directly from those interests which have invested in Cuban sugar." He denied that domestic sugar interests could increase their production if importation from the Philippines were restricted...
...hear his letter read. He flushed very red when Baron Cushendun observed at the close of the reading: "I know nothing about the gentleman who wrote the letter, but everybody knows there are organizations with high sounding titles which, it is possible, consist of an office on the fifth floor and a letterhead. I think the letter itself of no value, but even if it were valuable I believe it very improper that an outside individual, probably having no authority whatever, should attempt to influence the opinion of this Commission...
...opening game of the second team season on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The Harvard team did not hit its stride until after the sixth inning, but its seven run rally at this time was not sufficient to overcome the commanding lead held by the visitors. Save for a disastrous fifth inning, the Tufts hits were kept well scattered throughout the game...
Particularly pleasing to careful mothers throughout the country is Spence. Since its founding it has remained Manhattan's strictest, most fashionable boarding school. Preparatory School youths who telephone Spence inamoratas find they may not speak to them. The pupils who take their exercise on Fifth Avenue or through Central Park are chaperoned with utmost vigilance. Whether teaching Shakespeare or speaking to her Chinese butler, Thomas, or playing with her two Pekinese, Miss Spence always used to insist upon "tone." Her purpose was "to develop a perfect gentlewoman, intellectually firm, and having, poise, simplicity and graciousness." The new trustees...