Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...midnight of a January evening, the President issued from the White House a statement that he would have the Department of Justice institute prosecutions against those implicated in the Senate's Teapot Dome disclosures...
...midnight an armored car and two lorries full of men halted opposite the palatial country residence of M. Trotsky outside Moscow. The men descended, marched to the big iron gates and demanded to be admitted "in the name of the Cheka." Trotsky's guards refused to open the gates; the men from the Cheka blew them up. Inside the grounds, however, they were confronted with barbed wire entanglements and a chain of concrete "pill boxes." Fire was opened, two Cheka men dropped dead; the remainder took cover; communications were cut. Meanwhile, one of Trotsky's soldiers had climbed...
...Editors of the Advocate, in the issue put on sale yesterday, are offering ten dollars to the man contributing the best word of like nature stigmatizing Drys. The word should be one "of penetration and of ready popularity, preferably short and to the point." The contest will close at midnight, February 14, the winner being announced in the March issue of the Advocate...
Since their deadlock with the Crimson, the green-jerseyed skaters have played three overtime contests. On Saturday they fought until midnight through three extra sessions with the Boston Hockey Club, only to end up in a 4-4 tie; blue laws then forced postponement of the game...
Monday evening saw the Maples working overtime once again, but on this occasion only one additional period was necessary to nose out Boston College 2 to 1. Last night against the B. A. A. the two teams played till well after midnight, and were forced to stop at the fourth overtime period after 85 minutes of play, with the score dead-locked, 3-3. So if past performances mean anything, this evening's program should be a lengthy...