Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...easier than Leader Curtis' has been. There will be 55 or 56 faces on his side of the aisle instead of only 48. On the other side there will be only 39 faces, unless Senators Norris and Elaine are asked to sit on the side they tried to help towards the Presidency...
...Japanese scholars are considerably more erudite than we realize", he continued, "and we certainly will have to keep busy to stay abreast of them. According to 4 this present unwritten agreement we have with the Imperial Institute they help us to get to the oldest records and examples of Japanese art while we assist them in studying our Western culture...
...school of which Erickson is the director and which was founded with the help of the Phillips Brooks House, has been introducing modern farming methods into a country whose civilization was hundreds of years behind that of Europe. Dr. Erickson himself, has taken an active part in the rebuilding of the Albanian government since...
...Gatineau Point, Quebec, a convent caught fire. Sisters Annette, Margaret Marie and Superior Ste. Cyrille stood at the top of a fire escape calling for help. But they were attired only in nightgowns; when a fireman approached them they ran back into the convent and were burned to death...
...campaign to carry on its work will never be precisely known. Its drive was unceasing. One week before Election Day, Editor James S. Vance sent through the mails a "final appeal" for funds. Many of the letters were despatched to northern Republicans with Park Avenue addresses. "I want financial help," wrote Editor Vance, "that will enable me to single shot Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Arkansas and Texas, and turn a probability into a certainty...