Word: lots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gusty psychology of tramp life, the cruelty and the laughter, the denial of the lot of man to work -these are the themes. It is not a pretty play nor is its dialog courteously scented. It seems a true play, strong and sound. It is charged with the vigor of an engrossing humor...
Were the ancestors of Chicago's present schoolchildren a stupid lot? Or have teaching methods and teachers vastly improved in 50 years? These are the comparative results, announced a fortnight ago, of an arithmetic test taken by pupils in Chicago schools 50 years ago and given again last year...
...London last week. Mr. Thorne treats his reminiscences like fine liqueurs, slowly sipped. He remembers how he, frowsily dressed astounded a taxi-driver by directing: "Buckingham Palace"; how he said to Lord Stamfordham (the King's Secretary) : "I have been led to understand one has to do a lot of bowing and scraping;" how Lord Stamfordham told him he was mistaken; how his preconception of the King was indeed mistaken...
Since the election almost a year ago, market trading has been on a greatly expanded scale. Up to Sept. 1, total sales there in 100-share lots have aggregated about 358,759,900 shares. This figure, however, does not include numerous "odd lot" transactions in from 1 to 99 shares, which contribute about a third again as many shares sold. As a result, true total sales on the Exchange since election have amounted close to 500,000,000 shares altogether...
...POOR NUT-You may not like undergraduate comedy but you can not deny that a lot of this is funny and that the relay race is definitely exciting...