Word: hand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...evening the Vagabond will try a sleight of hand trick to produce a Union card and then proceed to the Union Living Room where the author of "John Brown's Body", Stephen Vincent Benet, will talk on some aspects of modern writing...
...coach peeped the Civic Mace, out of the other stuck the Civic Sword. Along in glory on the back seat sat Most Worshipful Sir William, his robes of scarlet, black and gold, a cocked hat on his head and his heavy chain of office round his neck. In his hand he held a bouquet of sweet smelling herbs (hygienic relic of the Great Plague...
Concluded Privy Seal Jim: "I have found no magic remedy for unemployment"-and it was all too evident that he had not. On the other hand neither the Liberals nor the Conservatives wanted to bring down the Labor Government on the unemployment issue last week, so amid much grumbling the House voted a resolution enabling Mr. Thomas to go ahead with his plans. Sharpest criticism came from burly James Maxton, leader of the extreme Left Laborite faction. After flaying the Government for "compromising with Capitalism" and not daring to seek the straight Socialist solution of nationalizing industry, he roared: "Some...
...News gave $50,000. The Hoefler Ice Cream Co. gave $2,500. Driver Cooke and three other trustees gave $800,000. Out-of-town alumni sent $29,450 and 175 students at the Law School raised $2,963.50. . . . When finally the crusade was over and all the cash in hand, Driver Cooke said: "I'm very happy-and goddam tired...
...completion inside the 5-yard line. Then again in the closing minutes O'Connell, Purple halfback, electrified the crowd with his brilliant 83-yard run back of, Harvard's kick-off. His team scored from the 3-yard line as a result of his efforts. Harvard on the other hand, was within short striking distance of the Holy Cross goal line twice, when the attack stalled in face of the determined defense of the opposing forwards. The Crimson had plenty of power, but it was often sluggish and blundering. It lacked a reliable ground-gaining play, such as the Purple...