Word: habitations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Henry Miller Jr., son of the late famed actor-manager Henry Miller, disinherited and adrift under the name of Gilbert Miller, afflicted with a gnawing drug habit; in Mexico City...
...time known certain part of the field, but still retains a general knowledge of all of it as well as a knowledge of certain allied subjects. Further, concentrators in English are aided by tutors, not only to prepare for their individual examinations, but also to acquire the habit of reading good literature and of forming their own opinions about it. Every year the tutors devote more and more time to each student. One of the main purposes of the tutor is to suggest reading (which shall be adapted individually to each student) and to encourage independent reaction...
Colonel Lawrence is a vagabond about the world, and an archaeologist, who has a habit of getting lost. During the Great War he disappeared, only to be discovered at the head of 300,000 fighting men from the desert who were with Allenby at Jerusalem...
...Walter J. Travis, onetime champion golfer, was in the habit of smoking long, slender, virulent stogies during his matches. The ventilation of these stogies, it was said, became especially active on the putting green. It was darkly hinted that the stogies lent Mr. Travis strength while temporarily discomfiting his rival...
...being alone; Nina Hopkins--played by Alice Brady--is entertaining a large and assorted group of gentlemen friends these evenings at the Plymouth. Perhaps it is her charm, or her very attractive gowns, or the way she inhales, but in any event other women's husbands have the oddest habit of walking in at all hours of the day and night. Being a lady, Nina tells them to go and go they do--only to return with orchids and dinner invitations. They prove delightful, if inconstant, playboys and when they depart Nina decides that life is a funny proposition...