Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Leroy, N. Y., while eating lunch, Charles Drayo read a news item which pronounced Emile A. Gilbert champion egg-eater, he having consumed 36 eggs in eight minutes. Arrogant, Charles Drayo broke 40 eggs into glasses, gobbled them in five minutes...
...item in the Senate bill which President Hoover did not recommend: $60,000 more for upkeep of the Senate Office Building. Prime pleader for that sum was New Hampshire's Senator George Higgins Moses who. as chairman of the Rules Committee, is the building's chief custodian. His explanation: "The building was infested with cockroaches until we found the source of it, down below, and closed it up. They became so lively that some of them were holding debates with the office force and making life unpleasant for Senators. I had to hire extra scrubwomen. . . . Remember, every Senator...
...Moses item. Said he: "I don't remember seeing any cockroaches." To the support of his colleague came New Hampshire's Senator Henry Wilder Keyes (pronounced Kize). Said he: "The cockroaches were eating all the bindings off my books...
Section 5 states: "A federal tax shall be placed on some beverages to provide funds to effect item 3 (Federal enforcement) and item...
...doubtful honor of being the most garbled, the most inaccurate, if not the most original. It would be of interest to me to know the sources of your information. It is really remarkable how facts can be altered in two short years, and I should enjoy seeing the original item you misquoted to make your "news...