Word: lively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other sea food in old newspaper or in wrapping paper that is soiled, or that has been used for any other purpose, is prohibited; the committing of nuisances behind stalls, around wagons, or at any other points in or about the market is strictly prohibited; Dogs and other live animals must be kept out of the market; Spitting, except in places especially provided therefor, is prohibited...
Sixteen of the younger, unmarried teachers live in the hall, not at all as proctors, but rather as students in more advanced lines of work. These men apply for rooms just as the incipient doctors do; they eat and play and study with the other members of the "house...
...Live stock breeders have a conceit which thoughtless urbanites find quaint: if it is worthwhile to raise good, chunky stock, it is worthwhile to raise good, chunky boys and girls. Hence at each live stock show judges pick the country's healthiest adolescent. Prizewinners last week were strong Thelma Svarstad, 17, of Brown County, S. Dak., and husky William Tobias, 15, of Saginaw County, Mich. Thelma weighs 122 lbs., stands 5 ft. 2 in., William weighs 130 lbs., stands...
...ranches in Mexico, learned to write scenarios so as to have a professional reason for being with his wife in Hollywood, how he was known there as "Mr. Dolores Del Rio," and how, after a period of faithfulness regarded as unconventional by their colleagues, the Del Rios began to live apart, each denying estrangement. "Our careers have forced us apart...
...come and see him; after that they wrote to each other, the actress finally-"Keep up your courage, darling. I don't forget you in my heart. You must get well. I love you, I love you."-a message (it was the one the sick man did not live to read) suggesting once more the odd fact that all emotions of a certain sort, whether real or assumed, can be expressed only in the language of subtitles...