Word: fulle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...necessarily landmarks standing on the high places of the historical scene. Only rarely does the Supreme Court settle a case which is obviously a turning point, a judicial epoch. None the less from day to day and decision to decision change and progress are continually developing, of which the full significance may not be generally realized until later...
...long ago, in a shanty on the Blue Bird range, Montana, there lived an ancient, Billy Martin, with a tobacco-stained beard, drawing out his days as caretaker of a disused copper mine. He was full of stories about the great days of the silver rush at Virginia City; of how he had drunk and gambled away his takings; about how his partner, Billy Clark, had been more sensible, saved his metal, gone into politics, retired as one of the country's wealthiest men with money to burn "down East" on rich living, art and suchlike...
...House was half full. There was a general air of apathy over the stalls and boxes. Even the orchestra, with which I had had one hasty and slovenly rehearsal, seemed half asleep and it was thus that I sang my first role in Covent Garden...
...second night was equally depressing and so was the third. . . . Again the house was only half full, the critics were apathetic, and the performance of a standard very much lower than that to which I had been accustomed in Brussels. Two days later I was again in Mr. Harris' office. He offered me the role of the page in the Ballo in Maschera-and my reply was to pack my trunks and to go straight back to Brussels...
...Miller, immediately approved the suggestion, and other clubs are following suit. At this nation-wide meeting reports will be made of the contribution of the membership of each club toward the Memorial Church fund, and it is anticipated that the money may be raised in time to make a full and successful national report to the several clubs by return wire before the conclusion of the meeting. Of the plan, Mr. Burr has this to say in his address in Chicago...