Word: furthered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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At the end of each chapter, Professor Graves runs what he calls "topics." These include news items, comments, squabbles, and books recommended for further investigation. Many of the "topics" are taken from TIME and its Letter Page. At one point, Professor Graves says that TIME performs a function of "universal...
Last week, Down-Shaker Harris was arrested for impersonating an officer and for extortion. What exposed him was irate proprietors telephoning Prohibition headquarters to complain that they had already paid their protection fees and did not want to be further imposed upon.
McManus. The appearance of Gambler McManus, was the next major development. Through his lawyer he "surrendered" to one of his brother's fellow detectives. He pleaded "not guilty." He was held without bail and District Attorney Banton announced: "We have a beautiful case of circumstantial evidence." Gambler McManus, who...
The slender, dexterous, rubber gloved hands of Sir Hugh Rigby applied the knife. Swiftly he pierced between two ribs, pierced further, and introduced a drainage tube into a festering pus pocket, in the lower section of the right lung, which had been exuding poison into the blood royal.
China's tariff has been for centuries not a national but an international affair. Most of the loans by foreign states to China have been secured by mortgages on her tariffs. Until recently these mortgages were further secured by placing the collection of Chinese tariffs in the hands of...