Word: main
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course, these are not the main headquarters of the party, but correspondents traveling through here make no allowance for this fact...
...Yakuts were once great breeders of horses and were known largely for this achievement. Their horses far surpassed those of any neighboring tribe, both in quality and in numbers. The horse even took the place of the cow, and one of the main foods of the people, as well as their principle drink, was made from kumiss, or mare's milk...
...labor party is in danger of losing, although its leaders are confident that they can secure the necessary seats to control Parliament. Their record in the Russian Negotiations and in refusing to prosecute James R. Campbell, acting editor of the "Workers Weekly," seems to be the main issue which has brought them into this situation...
...Boston Stock Company is struggling earnestly this week with "Across the Street," one of the unmacadamized continuations of Main Street, and the innumerable satires on unprogressive small town life. But as we watched Glendale, this particular small town, being laughed at and bullied all over the stage, we felt a sharp tingle of resentment. Who knows, perhaps we were born in such a stagnant pool...
Unto this misused and sorry setting, Mr. Purdy, the hapless author, has introduced a plot that is positively brilliant. He has to start with two main characters: Joe Bagley, who has a drygoods store and a tremendous ambition to write editorials for the "Glendale Observer", and Kenneth Dodge, who has been set up by a proud father as associate editor of that paper. But alas, although the father was once a great editor, the son knows not the meaning of pen and paper, but leans rather towards dry goods management. We just couldn't think how Mr. Purdy would...