Word: following
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sportsmanship Brotherhood of New York City is trying to arrange a definite schedule for the Cambridge squad in America in April, but the college teams from here feel that they must follow through their schedule already planned, because the Californian crowds and weather are much more sure than those of New York. Some scheme may be worked out whereby the Cambridge team will go to the coast or the Stanford team will come to New York...
...that of Amenhotep, threatening despoilers with poverty and ostracism, not death. The curse story started when Howard Carter's pet canary was swallowed by a snake. A poetic native remarked: "The serpent from the crown of the King has eaten the golden bird. Bad luck will follow." That was an inspiration to certain newshawks who were disgruntled because exclusive story rights for the Carnarvon expedition had been given to the London Times...
...woman already well on in years. "The man and this hebetic image of himself walked the straight ways" refusing to become wealthy by selling the farm as the Karchers had done, in cause of the industrial venture. Early in the book we have a premonition that little Georgie will follow, tragically, in his father's footsteps when we read Aunt Fanny's words, "He's jest the spit of you, George. He's jest like you was starting all over to be my little one". And George Rood repeated "Jest like me starting over again...
...Vandenberg: Mr. President, will the Senator be good enough to put that computation in the Record. I follow his eloquence but not his mathematics...
...information" was good and he often sold 5,000 tips a day at $5 each. Having a great love for the horses and no faith in his own tips, he soon dropped the $3,000,000 he had so quickly acquired. But he learned enough about sucker psychology to follow his true calling. And it was not long before he was rated the most successful and the most tireless stock swindler...