Word: keepings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...since he was first heard of in Wall Street and on Long Island as a wealthy young parvenu from the midwestern oilfields. It is not 30 years since he was the son of a village druggist in Kansas, a son who, when his father died, lacked the patience to keep the little business going. One day he came in from rabbit-hunting with a wound in his foot. He had shot himself. An insurance company paid him $5,000 for the loss of a toe. Something told him where to put the money; not into the drug business, but into...
...order of Pope Pius XI, all the Archbishops and Bishops of France joined with Cardinal Dubois, last week, in signing an ordinance which will keep all persons affiliated with L'Action Française excommunicated until they renounce their affiliation...
Cardinal Gasparri, Prince of the Church, is of course a "Papist" in only the most enlightened and suavest sense. His Policy is to keep on the best possible terms with Christian governments outside of Italy and to wear down the resistance of succeeding Italian regimes to the Pope's claims of temporal sovereignty. Upon this point, Osservatore Romano, organ of the Vatican, declared last fall that His Holiness claims: "Liberty and independence, not only real and perfect, but also manifest to the faithful of the whole world...
...ROYAL FAMILY-Stage folk keep the home fires burning brightly (TIME...
Until a few years ago, oarswomen were required to weigh more than 120 pounds. But today, says Coach Eleanor Clifton, "the girls all seem to be growing thinner, and we cannot keep that regulation. Our only definite stipulation is that a girl have 'B' posture to qualify for crew, the rest depends on her natural ability." For three weeks before the class races, the oarswomen keep strict training: to bed at 10:30 p. m., a 15-minute nap each day, no eating between meals, no coffee, only one helping of wholesome food at meals...