Word: least
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that happen in them would be incongruous in society at large. Conversely, much that happens in society at large would seem incongruous in a prison. One evening last week there were three episodes at Sing Sing, New York's famed penitentiary, of which the most horrible was the least incongruous...
...Paraguay chargé d' affaires at La Paz, Bolivia, immediately suggested neutral investigation of whatever had occurred in Gran Chaco. The reply of the Bolivian government was to break off relations with Paraguay last fortnight, and to send more Bolivian soldiers last week into Gran Chaco, where at least 200 humans met death in circumstances impossible to ascertain...
Most significant was No. 15: "All handlers of fish and sea food in this market shall be medically examined for evidence of infectious or contagious diseases at least once a year." Baltimore claims that it "is the first city of the country to adopt this provision...
...Neill, playwright, disappeared last week. He was heard of in Shanghai, where he was suffering and recovering from a slight nervous breakdown and bronchitis. Before he disappeared, he wrote a letter to his physician, as follows: "I came to China seeking peace and quiet and hoping that here at least people would mind their business and allow me to mind mine. But I have found more snoops and gossips per square inch than in any New England town of 1,000 inhabitants. This does not apply to American newspaper correspondents who have been most decent carrying out their duties...
...either the procuring of the needed $300,000 on short order from alumni or friends of the College or the substitution of a temporary roof for the fourth floor and its proposed basketball courts until a more favorable day. In case of the latter event, the University would at least have its much-needed swimming pool and the other two floors would relieve Hemenway sufficiently to be a blessing...