Word: interest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interest in the movement sponsored by this organization is well indicated by the fact that over 1100 people of Cambridge and Boston attended the current exhibition during the first week it has been on display...
...driver of the battered flivver and the second-hand Dodge the proposal now before a committee of the General Court should be of interest. The plan suggested is to repeal compulsory insurance and substitute for it an act based on a New Hampshire law which provides that, although insurance is unrequired, drivers causing accidents are barred from the road until damages are payed...
...years it has been nearly impossible to secure important Japanese paintings because they are prized by native collectors and not allowed to come to the West. The pair of fourteenth-century shrine doors painted with two Buddhist figures in two colors has therefore peculiar interest to the Museum. The collection of early Chinese Buddhist drawings has also been increased to a full dozen through the gift of Sir Percival David of London, who has recently added three more. Sir Percival has also presented the Museum with a pottery bowl, one of a unique pair, the other of which remains...
...none of the Piggly Wiggly stores does Clarence Saunders, the original Piggly Wiggly man, retain an interest. Instead, he now heads a competitive chain of 400 Clarence Saunders Stores, serving 225 towns and cities in 18 states. Last week the Saunders chain was extended to the Pacific Coast with a million-dollar stock issue offered in Clarence Saunders Pacific Stores...
...Literary Digest ever dull or heavy? Not for a minute! It's aflame with interest on every page. Through the electric blaze of night and the white light of day the Literary Digest stands close to the flaming forge of life, and out of the glowing heat of a world's mighty labors and strivings-its thrilling adventures and achievements, its heroism, its drama, and its passionate discussions-it brings you, week by week, each burning deed and thought...