Word: lots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...place in the world where crime is more rampant than it is in the United States. There are more murders and other crimes of violence committed here in a small town like Memphis, Tenn., for instance, than there are in all Turkey, and I've spent a lot of time in Turkey...
...town house in St. James's Square, Lady Astor gave one of her brilliant dinners, followed by one of her equally brilliant dances. Her guests were, as usual, a mixed lot. Present were...
...week, the second revolution of the year broke out in Lisbon. No year-or very few-passes without at least one such ditsurbance. The revolt was unsuccessful. Following the modern movement in revolutions (see ECUADOR), few* shots were fired; little damage was done, there were few-casualties, but a lot of arrests and possibly much bad language...
Vanities. Two years ago, Earl Carroll started this series off with Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Joe Cook and a lot of vaudeville actors. He had a good show...
...that Mrs. Gershwin detected any seeds of musical talent in her grubby young son. Se bought the piano because her sister-in-law had one. There it stood, big and shiny; it had cost a lot of money, and no one in the Gershwin family-not even Ira, the oldest, who was certainly a smart boy- could make music on it. George would have to learn. For some time the neighbors suffered; then they advised him to study in Europe. His first teacher died when he was still torturing Chopin's preludes. Max Rosen, famed violinist, told...