Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Jubilant, the Association against the Prohibition Amendment announced that it would help elect two Wet Congressmen from historically Dry North Dakota this autumn...
...technique of iron work is exceedingly complicated: every expert has his own preferences in melting, moulding, dry-casting, wet-casting, as every etcher has his special tricks. Edgar Brandt keeps his methods secret and will not let his workmen find out more about his processes than he can help. No one will ever know just how he made Rodman Wanamaker...
...offered him as a governor who had "power to impart knowledge of, and create interest in, government." He said, in an even voice that was more persuasive than any Bryanesque blaring could have been, that his friend had "that quality of soul which makes a man loved ... a strong help to all those in sorrow or in trouble . . . the quality of sympathetic understanding of the human heart." Compared to the common run of nominating effusions, Mr. Roosevelt's speech was as homo sapiens to the gibbering banderlog...
...Manager Harris of Washington sent Goslin lame-armed into left field, told Shortstop Reeves to run out and help him re-turn his catches. Perhaps Goslin's bad arm had keyed up his batting, some followers suggested; most agreed that he was hitting beyond his real abilities-no one could be as good as .414. As a superior player critics pointed to Rogers ("Rajah") Hornsby, manager, second baseman of the Braves, leading the National League at bat with an average close to .400. Some sporting writers, fond of big words, spoke of him as a genius, others, with...
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