Word: known
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ranks were there in full regalla, distingulshed by white leather painted caps with gilded fronts, ornamented by the insignia of the engineers, fire wardens, or ordinary firemen. The mayor, recorder, and aldermen were also supposed to be present, although their value as fire-fighters was problematical, and could be known by their white wands with a gilded flame at the top. Perhaps it was from this arrangement, which glorified the American love of uniform and title, perhaps from the fact that the fire-house provided a comfortable meeting place, that the fire companies soon became social as well as utilitarian...
...taking of examination; the thrill of the unknown captivates those not too seriously impressed by the marvels of modern academic machinery, but the entire possibilities have-suffered from neglect. The laws of mechanics have governed too closely the college student and he has followed with particular regularity, the well known rule of a body once set in motion in a given direction...
...Vagabond himself kept strict hibernation throughout the reading period and the ensuing examinations, a disciple has arisen to confound the teacher. Not content with a mere passive exposure to lectures, this King of Vagabonds took the examination given in a course allied to his field though he was neither known to the instructor nor enrolled with the absentee members attending at the meetings of the course immediately before and after holidays last fall...
...Meteor Motor Car Co. of Piqua, Ohio, to look at the single Meteor model on exhibit. Persons acquainted with the Meteor Co., and with its president, Mau rice Wolfe, might have expected to see a hearse rather than a motor boat, for the Meteor Motor Car Co. is best known for its long production of medium-priced hearses, or, as they are known in mortuary circles, funeral cars...
...many people, who, in speaking of the "Duce," call him simply Benito. There are jar too many who assert to be on terms of intimacy with him. It is high time to declare before all the world that Benito does not exist any more. Today Mussolini must be known as the "Duce" and only as the "Duce." Nobody has any right to speak of him in the ordinary manner that one refers to common human beings. He is above all. Even his title is not to be taken in vain. It should only be pro nounced with awe and reverence...