Word: hung
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mihiel offensive that the historic error occurred. American troops half an hour before had occupied Thiaucourt; the cellars not yet mopped up for German stragglers. General Neville had hastily established headquarters in a basement where he was busy issuing orders for the disposition of troops. His orderly hung the General's field overcoat in front of the house to dry. Along came mule and caisson with two doughboys perched aloft. German booty was in their minds and in their itching fingers, and the forest-green overcoat looked to them like field-gray. They proceeded to hack the embroidered sleeves...
...this ailment, in 1922, died Publisher Lord Xorthcliffe, whose picture always hung near the desk of Publisher Hadden. Lord Northchffe, indomitable, founded the London Daily Mail (now nearly 2,000,000 daily circulation), owned the London Times and scores of other publications, signed himself N like Napoleon. *Total paid in: $86,000. Largest subscriber, Mrs. William L. Harkness of Manhattan and Cleveland. First Board of Directors: Robert A. Chambers, Henry P. Davison, William V. Griffin, all of New York, William T. Hincks of Bridgeport, Conn.-besides Messrs. Hadden and Luce. Counsel: Judge Robert L. Luce of Manhattan...
...activities were great sport, kiddies. Peter found that you did nothing, but that the matters that needed attention were somehow attended to. And all the time there was the glory of being important. Countless little dangles hung from his watch chain and his name was on countless lips as well as often seen in the columns of the college paper. The dances were even better, for there he and his friends met all the nice girls. To Peter their conversation scintillated; it was ever so much more clever than his own. These girls really were clever, that was the wonderful...
President John Adams first occupied it in November 1800. The Adamses found that "twelve roaring wood fires" would not warm it. In the barnlike East Room hung the Adams wash...
Last week he heard that 22 of his prints had been donated to Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum by five persons, among them Tobacco Tycoon David A. Schulte. More important, they have been accepted and will be hung in the black-and-white section among etchings and engravings...