Word: fourteeners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Great Election Banquet," however, Mr. Edmond's contribution, is of another order entirely. The banquet of the Democrats of Oneida country, all fourteen of them with the addition of the stage driver who voted both Democrat and Federalist, a banquet which culminated with the practical destruction of the Baptist steeple and the absolute inundation of all the guests to the great discomfort of the Federalists who had to foot the bill and stay sober, is a pretty homeric tale. If (in the manner of Time's advertisements) you are curious to know who shouted 'Oysthersh' from under the table...
...annual collection of best short stories edited by Mr. Edward J. O'Brien for the last fourteen years no longer needs a reviewer's praise. It has arrived, so to speak, and looking to the future, let us hope it is here to stay. Previous issues have been so well thought of that they have found their way into the college short story writing courses where examples of the best are desirable...
...Fourteen Senators and a Senator-elect-all Republicans-breakfasted at the White House. They went away digesting sausages, fried eggs, buckwheat cakes and the impression that President Coolidge wants to get the U. S. into the World Court as a crowning event of the Coolidge...
...cadets are to detrain at the South Station Saturday morning. From there they will fall in and march directly to the Boston Common. Fourteen companies are to parade and it is expected that a considerable audience of Boston people will line the route to view America's best trained troops...
...Fourteen lieutenants of the United States Navy are stationed at the Engineering School for one year of advanced study in communication engineering, one of the most important subjects in modern naval operations, according to Professor G. W. Pierce '01, director of the Cruft Memorial Laboratory, with whom the naval officers are studying. The Navy Department sends selected graduates of Annapolis to the best civil institutions for concentration in certain fields of advanced study after their first six year cruise, and one year of post-graduate work in the Naval Academy...