Word: meres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Constitution. . . . If it was not for the fact I have my heart and soul in this work I would not stand for some of these questions that have been asked me for two minutes. . . . Many books are published bearing the title The Story of the Constitution. . . . The mere fact I put 'Sol Bloom' on there does not mean I was looking for glory. I put a name on there so people would know what...
...them below the 16th magnitude in brightness. At first the cloud was classed simply as a "major irregularity." But the savants at Cambridge reasoned that it must contain at least 35,000 galaxies not apparent on the photographs, and that such density is not a mere irregularity of distribution but a cosmic entity. Although the great cloud is 100,000,000 light-years from Earth, beyond the reach of all but the most powerful telescopes, it stretches across nearly one-fourth of the sky's arc from horizon to horizon...
...teeth was that there was a plan in the making to have the U. S. take a direct interest in the Bank for International Settlements and supply some capital that could be used for stabilizing currencies abroad. But whether it was this or some entirely different plan, the mere presence of M. van Zeeland was enough to make news, for it opened the possibility of the U. S. finding some new diplomatic playmates in Europe. The British and French are deeply involved in the intricacies of European politics. A more useful diplomatic connection with Europe may be through the neutral...
...Manuel Oyon, a onetime Venezuelan judge. The assaulted was General Jorge Garcia, onetime warden of Caracas' infamous Rotunda prison where the late Dictator Juan Vicente ("El Benemerito") Gómez kept Manuel Oyon and many another political prisoner. "He used to torture me!" cried Manuel Oyon. "The mere admission that he served as warden of the Rotunda is sufficient proof," declared his lawyer. While the court tried to decide what to do with Manuel Oyon, who after his release from prison was deported by the present Venezuelan Government, General Garcia purred: "I treated him with the same kindness...
...continuously exciting till 1919, when she went to Washington as a Senator's wife (Rep., N. H.) and the mother of three sons. In spite of the handicaps of ill health, a small apartment, not much money, few friends and "a husband who groaned at the mere mention of giving or going to a party," Mrs. Keyes was soon having as much fun as she could stand. "It was not infrequent for me to pledge myself for luncheon engagements 20 days in succession and seven weeks in advance; to pour tea at several different receptions in the course...