Word: looke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bratton does not know anything about the voting inclinations of any of the officers who were in Europe, except, perhaps, the comparatively infinitesimal few whom he came in personal contact with. Therefore, Mr. Bratton does not know any thing positive about that which he speaks. . . . Each week, I look to TIME for facts and dislike seeing such foolish and unfounded statements appearing therein, even under "Letters...
...boat moved up the river. A deckhand threw down his whiskey bottle and started for the galley; on the way he noticed a little fire that was burning brightly on the floor of a storeroom; the deckhand threw some charcoal on top of the flames and then went to look for the mate. By the time the mate saw the fire, it had crept farther; he stared in be wilderment and then spoke to the Captain through a tube. Suddenly every one on the General Slocum knew that the boat was on fire. Alarms rang and passengers started to strap...
...cried, kissed Walter Damrosch who had presented them, and made a speech: "Now I say goodbye, but that does not mean that I shall become useless. I hope still to continue to serve my country. Heretofore I have given my heart to the soldier boys, but now I must look after the girls-if they behave themselves and don't smoke or powder their noses-for you know I am looking for a contralto to whom to pass on my work...
...closer competition between Harvard and Yale than any prior period of similar length, for in the first thirty-odd years of rowing Yale won but seven races in 25 years, and during the next 20 years Harvard won only three races. A dismal stretch to live through and to look back upon...
...greater. Police were obliged to regulate the queues in other "key cities," notably Kansas City, Cincinnati, Norfolk, Omaha, Boston, St. Louis, Richmond, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Atlanta. In England the railroads ran excursion trains to the London exhibition. Englishmen paid one shilling & sixpence (36c) to look at the models. They ordered 64,000 cars. In Manhattan a rascal took advantage of the local gullibility. He passed through the showroom throngs with an "order book" in his hand, promising delivery in three weeks upon a deposit of $25. When detectives approached him he ran away with many...