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Your article . . . is interesting but like other such articles, doesn't deal with the jackpot question, viz., would the writer condone or condemn his or her daughter being courted and finally marrying a man of opposite color...
During last month's income-tax jackpot period-the five days from March 16 to March 20-the U.S. Government collected more money than it was able to dredge up from all sources in the entire 83 years from 1789 through 1871. Gross Treasury receipts for the five days hit $5,583,000,000. During the 83 years-a period in which the U.S. fought the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the Civil War, made the Louisiana Purchase from France, bought Florida from Spain and purchased Alaska from Russia-the Government took in only...
Common Pool. Huxley moves from man's tree-borne forefathers, acquiring intellect, to full-fledged men, who began to teach each other what was learned by experience. This ability proved to be the evolutionary jackpot...
...Arcadia, Calif., Calumet Farm's Mark-Ye-Well (Eddie Arcaro up) and Fleet Bird ran one-two in the $161,975 Santa Anita Maturity, winning $85,600 of the jackpot for first, $30,000 more for second place...
Groucho's jackpot question: "In Shakespeare's Henry IV, Henry V and Merry Wives of Windsor, there appears a cowardly braggart whose good humor and wit have endeared him to millions the world over . . . I want you to identify this genial fellow." Contestants Muriel Stetson of Rivera, Calif, and Arthur LaVove of Los Angeles, teamed together, thought a moment, then answered "Pistol." Wrong, said Groucho. "The correct answer is Falstaff...