Word: less
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Since the queen was with child, and since the astrologers said that it was a boy, the crown was carried in and placed upon the queen above the supposed location of the unborn infant's head. In this respect the birth of Alphonso must have been a much less regal event...
...prime joke this would have been, had not other students of Prohibition, perhaps less profound than Senator Borah but with better memories, recalled that on May 16, 1921, the Supreme Court had decided this exact point−and decided it solidly against Senator Borah's present interpretation. In the case of Dillon v. Gloss, Mr. Justice Van Devanter delivered the unanimous opinion of the court...
...Less than a year later Whitehurst died, leaving an estate of $280,000 and no will. Last week the Maryland Court of Appeals decided that this marriage was valid under the laws of New York, that Claire Ulrich was, by common law, Mrs. Whitehurst. As his widow, and over the objections of his mother and brothers, she was entitled to administer and share in his estate...
Buffalo this week held its first air show. The event had significance less for number of planes exhibited (50) and the amounts of planes sold and dealer contracts closed than for two other reasons...
...Less than a year ago General Airplanes Corp. (A. J. Brandt, president), began business in Buffalo. Already it has sold more than $1,000,000 worth of its Aristocrats and Surveyors. It counts on selling $3,000,000 worth this year. Commander Byrd took an Aristocrat to Antarctica...