Word: lair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sound of his horn woke me from my bed And the cry of his hounds, which he oft times led Peel's 'View Haloo!' would awaken the dead Or the fox from his lair in the morning. -CUMBERLAND HUNTING SONG In England and Virginia, Ireland and Ohio-wherever British or U. S. horsemen gather, people remembered that song last week, for cub hunting was over, formal fox hunting was beginning. Bank presidents set their alarm clocks for 5:30 a. m. Valets laid out scarlet coats and white breeches. Stalwart young women wore derby hats at dawn...
...Cambridge police circles, possibly second only to a Harvard student riot scare. Photographic copies of the note, the fingerprints of the child on the paper, an exhaustive investigation of police archives for possible data on "Feagan's gang", formed part of the attempt to trace the criminals to their lair. The Boston Globe gets excited and suggests a crime in front page headlines...
...Eliot showed that the foundation belief in international good will which underlies the systems of foreign studentships is not a fallacy. The hope of explaining Nicaraguan excursions, Philippines uprisings, Armistice Day speeches, was slight almost to despair, but the explanation is made, and satisfactorily, too, in the very lair of the suspicious lion. To the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Student goes the honor of out pointing and outwitting the British genius for debate. To the British genius for fair play goes the honor of properly awarding his laurel to him. The net result is not far from equal, and credits...
Last month, Tammany Hall, famed Manhattan political lair, was sold for $700,000. Last fortnight, the vigilant New York World reported the property resold for $800,000. None cried "Graft!" But Tammanyites asked, "Who profited?" Joseph P. Day, whose reputation as a realtor in and about Manhattan is no less illustrious than Peter Minuit's,* had handled both the sale and the speedy resale. The question having arisen, Mr. Day announced that the resale price was $770,000. The question being pressed, Mr. Day agreed that the 10% profit should go to Tammany Hall...
Meantime, with Morrocco and France holding their breath, troops stood by ready to invade the tribal lair and deal swift justice, should the negotiations for the ransom break down...