Word: kept
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cause some people to suggest that the Secretary of the Treasury's calculations are not purely arithmetic, that they are sometimes tinctured with policy if not politics. In his own party, Mr. Mellon has been frequently flayed by Michigan's Senator Couzens. Democrats in the House have kept up an intermittent fire. Last week, Democrat John Nance Garner of Texas, minority leader of the House Ways & Means (revenues) Committee, renewed the attack...
...magnitude of the Grand Duke Nicholas. The glory of his early victories, and of his masterly retreat from Warsaw, is not dimmed by the fact that Nicholas II finally withdrew command of the Western Front from the Grand Duke. Stories are still told of the iron discipline which he kept, and of the wise and genuine humanity with which he tempered it. Like Napoleon he was loved because he inspired his men to march and fight to their uttermost, exultant limit, while always feeding and bedding them as well as could 'by any possibility be done. That he defied...
...night a motor car and relays of chauffeurs were kept at the disposal of the Prince. Though refusing all public engagements and most private, H.R.H. kept himself in trim by a daily game of squash racquets with the Duke of York at the Royal Automobile Club. As head of the Regency Council the "High and Mighty Prince" acted pro-tempore with the authority of King and Emperor-except that he did not possess the power of creating Peers, dubbing Knights...
...behind a nude statue in a museum and peered around for a front view crying WHOOPS! IT'S A GIRL! Last year these fantastic scare crows began to disappear. Their departure was hastened by a dull novel written about them by their creator. Since then Artist Arno has kept his satire closer to reality...
...newspaper or in wrapping paper that is soiled, or that has been used for any other purpose, is prohibited; the committing of nuisances behind stalls, around wagons, or at any other points in or about the market is strictly prohibited; Dogs and other live animals must be kept out of the market; Spitting, except in places especially provided therefor, is prohibited...