Word: lots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...maximum probable number of tickets, the other for the minimum. Then, when the total demand is known, it will not be difficult to divide the applications so that every man's minimum, at least, is filled, and as many of the maximum as possible, chosen not by lot but in the suggested order of priority. In this way each applicant will understand exactly what his prospects are; and by applying for two seats in group III, he will not be losing his chances of one seat in group I, in case the demand is so great that he fails...
...order of the speakers for this evening was determined by lot and is as follows...
...lot of those on this trip are members of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Appropriations Committee. We want them to get first-hand knowledge of the army and what it is doing. We have enough supplies and troops on board to justify the voyage and its expense, even if there were no Senators or Representatives on the ship," said Mr. Weeks. " For heaven's sake, don't call this a junket! A junket is a trip where the people's money is spent unnecessarily...
...deliberate mechanical effect instead of a natural exuberance, and the delightful " high yella " and " brown skin " flavor, degenerated into a cheap imitation of white musical comedy plus extravagant caricature of the native jazz tradition. How Come, in the opinion of most metropolitan reviewers, is the poorest of the lot. Whatever redeeming quality it has is furnished by Eddie Hunter, the librettist and comedian, who was hailed by the press agents as the "colored Jimmie Barton." But his eminence is due to the flatness of the surrounding country...
Bishop Nibley, of the Mormon Church, advised the 93d semi-annual general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to send their children through high school and stop. The average college graduate, said the learned Bishop," knows a lot about books but don't know scarcely anything about how to do a thing in a practical way." Bishop Nibley would amend Mr. Vanderlip's statement to read "western high school graduate...