Word: fitfully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...summer he was absent from his City Hall office. He refused to see newsmen. His friends explained that he was a very ill man, more concerned with recovering his health than setting the city to rights. But three weeks ago he returned from a long vacation at Nantucket looking fit again. And last week his name figured large in news of Chicago's crime situation. His wife, returning from the theatre, was robbed of $15,500 worth of jewelry at the entrance of their apartment house...
Birthday. James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of England. Date: Oct. 12. Age: 64. Celebration: tramping in the woods of "Chequers" (country estate of Prime Ministers in Buckinghamshire) with Prime Minister James Henry Scullin of Australia so both might be fit for the opening next day of the Imperial Conference in London...
...show down did not come until the Senior year the self education was soon lost sight of, men took courses and tutors lent a hand to prepare for the Authors. As a result the examinations are no longer a check up on outside reading; they are made to fit such detailed preparation as English...
...girl on horseback, and several admittedly clever studio shots are all hurled thither and yon for the bafflement of the audience. But you can't fool skilled observers. It's sex, and, incidentally, one of the most abortive attempts at entertainment that Hollywood has seen fit to foist on Americana. Time your entrance for "Manslaughter" and if you don't know what men want, this is no time to learn. The management has handsome red lights denoting exits at regular and timely intervals...
Bancroft was at right guard for the second day in succession with Trainer still viewing the practice in civilian clothes. Trainer, however, has been declared fit to play by the coaches and will in all probability start at his regular guard post. Upton was the third man within as many days to be on Team A at right tackle, making this position as wide open as ever. Trafford occupied the place on Monday and Kuehn on Tuesday with Kales, regular occupant, still being on the injury list and having no definite word as to whether or not he can play...