Word: lied
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Lost in the maze of buildings which lie between the historic Yard and the tortuous Charles, its gold tower dwarfed by the belling pinnacle of Lowell House, is Adams House, unit of the House Plan which combines the relies of the Gold Coast age with the latest products of the fertile minds of those masters, Messrs. Coolidge, Shepley, Bullfinch & Abbott, to form an architectural jumble, but at the same time a bizarre and altogether pleasing entirety. For though Westmorly and Randolph are separated by an intervening unit containing the Dining Hall, Common Rooms, Library, and C entry, the whole...
...Spades becoming the murderer. All lights are extinguished. The murderer must find a victim, throttle it. The victim screams. After the scream the murderer may take only four steps, other players must stand in their tracks. All players must answer the Prosecutor truthfully except the murderer who may lie freely. The Prosecutor may openly accuse only one suspect...
...sped ashore to report the discovery of the greatest known crack in earth, a deep of 44,000 ft. (8.33 mi.) just north of Puerto Rico. Also off Puerto Rico is the Nares Deep (27,972 ft., or 5.30 mi.), greatest previously known hole in the Atlantic.* Both deeps lie in a lively seismic zone, indicate how the earth's crust warps and cracks...
Second, while directors were heartily sorry for his and their mistakes (especially stock-selling) they did not admit that his or their acts were culpable. For every evil-looking act listed above they had an explanation which gave the lie to the headlines. Example: all loans made to officers were secured by collateral which was ample at the time. None of the officers have been forgiven their debts. They still owe the money and their collateral is still pledged to the National City Company. The "write-off" consisted merely in getting these frozen loans off the books of the bank...
Washington sightseers still flock to the grave in Rock Creek Cemetery where Henry Adams and his wife lie buried, to ask each other tripperish questions about the brooding bronze figure, famed work of Adams' friend Augustus Saint-Gaudens. In accordance with Henry's educated will, "no inscription, date, letters or other attempt at memorial" give curious onlookers any clear hint of what his education amounted...