Word: interesting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...troubled about it. His dress is dandified. He wears silk shirts in bright colors and stripes and, often, stiff collars to match. His feet are small and well-shod. Beneath his habitual derby hat his hair is turning thin and grey. Society is his prime diversion. Of secondary interest are motoring, sporting events, the theatre. In Washington he occupies an expensive suite of rooms at the luxurious Carlton Hotel on 16th Street. A good and frequent host himself, he accepts all invitations out, is one of the most lionized Senators in Washington. Ironic comments are sometimes heard on the contrast...
...magnificent working of the Federal Reserve system and the inherently sound condition of banks have already brought about a decrease in interest rates and an assurance of abundant capital...
...offered a $20,000 prize for a design. Last week, Rotarians were startled to read in their monthly magazine The Rotarian, some suggestions by Chicago War Hero Harold R. ("Private") Peat, "winner of more than one medal for distinguished service." Neither an artist nor an architect, Hero Peat's interest in a War memorial was not esthetic but moral. Said...
...chivalry, can match order for order with the present British Ambassador at Washington, courtly Sir Esme Howard. Both are Knights Commander of the Bath, both are Knights Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, both have an imposing row of subsidiary ribbons to blazon their lapels. Of interest to Washington diners-out is the fact that unlike Sir Esme Howard, Sir Ronald Lindsay is not a teetotaler, will almost certainly abolish the rule against the importation of embassy liquor...
Through intramural athletics the Department of Physical Education tries to interest the student in both team and individual games. It urges everybody to seek the benefits of the intramural program--namely, sportsmanship and all that the term implies, exercise, recreation, social intercourse and competition. But at the same time the Department realizes that these benefits will not be gained merely through participation in the various activities. It takes the attitude that it must teach sportsmanship, intensify exercise, enhance recreation, develop social intercourse and stimulate keen competition. Furthermore, the extent to which the program is successful is not determined...