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Word: maining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...busy street corner, and kidnaped his brother for a few days. There was the killing of Assistant State's Attorney William McSwiggin last April, a crime that has not yet been solved. Then, a fortnight ago, a black armored car roared down Cicero's main street, spattered the Hawthorne Hotel with machine gun bullets, but missed King Caponi who was standing on the front porch. After such events, "Scarface Al" puts on his light tan shoes, picks up his cane, leaves town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Industrialists v. Twins | 10/11/1926 | See Source »

...speak at the colleges during the week, give me only one Sunday sermon. I clearly understood that the main object of my visit was to speak to the young men of the universities, and to have time to see some of them personally. You might also arrange for me to play tennis or squash racquets or golf with some of them, as I am still playing these games pretty well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LORD BISHOP OF LONDON TO PREACH IN APPLETON | 10/8/1926 | See Source »

...year to orient and balance his life uninfluenced by organized factions or types. The underhand advantage of canvassing students before the opening of their sophomore year practiced by a number of clubs, usually final clubs, tends toward the destruction of the club agreement and the less of the main advantage of the Harvard club system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A SCRAP OF PAPER | 10/5/1926 | See Source »

...Hutchinson plays lawn-tennis and fives with varying degrees of efficiency, but his main exercise is walking and he is a fine companion on a walking tour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intimate Biographies Disclose Diversified Interests of English Debating Team Members | 10/5/1926 | See Source »

Last week the symposium took place with European, Canadian and U. S. specialists attending. Little that they said was new. But the aggregate of the facts presented will have the effect of stirring up public interest in cancer control. After all, that was the main purpose of the symposium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

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