Word: land
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...know that President Harrison the Elder bred not a "smart son," but a son who bred a "smart son," President Harrison the younger ? Second, are you sneering at John Coolidge by omitting his name from the "smart sons?" He is "the first boy in the land" (or the "first youth." If you prefer) : and deserves no belittling by you. He is such a "smart son" that he is received into the good graces of the daughter of the Governor of Connecticut, my state. There lies a possibility there in which a great many citizens of this state take a great...
Judge Alschuler dissented from his colleagues' opinion, said he would like to see the case carried to the highest court in the land and "settled once and for all time...
...previous war that ended two years ago (TIME, Oct. 5, 1925) claimed over 50 lives and was stopped only after Federal promise of deportation to all Chinamen unless their nasty practices were stopped. By way of emphasis, 59 were shipped back to the land of dragons and lilies...
...ancient traditions of the Gold Coast, liveried servants on tap, of cetera, there is little to say but that if there is to be a Harvard bloc in Hollywood, our boys must be prepared for a life of extravagant luxury now, or they will never gain entrance to film land's exclusive circles. From next September on it can never be said that Harvard undergraduates are not prepared for real high life...
Senator William Henry King of Utah: "My son Paul is an intrepid flyer. Last week as he piloted his plane, a Department of Commerce type, over Boiling Field on his way to Dayton, Ohio, he decided to land. The right wing caught in the grass and spun the plane around; out of the wreckage they dug my son Paul, unhurt...