Word: habitations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...century of disorder in Mexico has sanctioned frequent American intervention and more frequent threats of it. This policy has crystallized in the mind of the American, Industrialist with holdings in Mexico into the habit of appeal to the United States Government for security of his property. Such appeals are, in their essence, appeals to protect rights that the Mexican Government alone ought to be competent, not only to protect, but also to define; and are subversive to its every attempt to assert itself...
Martin, the Terrier captain and goal guard, is regarded as one of the best cage guardians among the New England teams, although he has been in the habit of going down the ice and leaving the net unguarded at times. This may prove a fatal error against the Crimson short passing game...
Hogan's Alley. Warner Bros, have a habit of turning out a boiling melodrama starring Monte Blue every now and then-which is too often...
...fact is exactly this. The lower end of the intestine is of a size that requires emptying every six hours, but by habit we retain its contents 24 hours. The results, as I say, are ulcers and cancer. The products of intestinal toxemia are absorbed and we have filthy blood, and there are a host of resulting ailments. This poisoning causes enlargement of the pituitary gland, the thyroid gland, and, I think, the adrenals. The organs degenerate...
...Jemmett, a young Englishman known for his foppish habit of dress, his astounding height and his skill in the painting of miniatures, leaped into the seas that pounded over some rocks near Biarritz, and with Raoul Fourquet, lifeguard, lost his life in an attempt to rescue a drowning Englishwoman (TIME, Aug. 3, COMMONWEALTH). Inspired by this exploit, one George Conlon, a native of Frostburg, Md., executed a small marble, "To the Heroes of the Sea," which was put on exhibition last month at the Biarritz Golf Club. A committee, organized by the Mayor of Biarritz, has raised funds to copy...