Word: nones
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Daugherty, whose deep personal affection for President Harding covered a period of nearly 30 years, had been invited to address the Harding memorial meeting in Manhattan on Nov. 2, Mr. Harding's birthday. Said he, none too steadily: " I couldn't go to such a meeting and say anything . . . Some time, probably after I leave this office, I am going to write the story of Warren G. Harding. I have a mass of material-letters, documents, records -which I will use or turn over to whomever may be given the task of getting them into shape...
...There have been many sordid transactions in history, but none equals the shamelessness of this latest attempt to seize high power. No people who tamely acquiesce to such an act can have the right to live as a self-respecting nation. The Chinese people as a whole regard the election of Tsao-Kun as an act of usurpation and treason which must be resisted and punished...
...puppet troupe. Alas, the marriage turned out unsuccessfully! Poor Mr. Aristotle, forlorn boaster that he was, discovered how much more difficult it is actually to kiss in secret than to tell about a thousand imaginary kisses in public. He fled back to his puppet companions for comfort and found none. In his absence even his poor reputation for rowdiness had faded. He returned to his wife for consolation only to discover her hankering for a husband of greater elegance and ardor. Spring came-the queer intoxication of love stirred universally. Mrs. Holly and Christopher Lane, the young poet...
...love Lelia. The dashing lady was "a fair rose of Briton, rather false hair like we see advertised, her somewhat perfect nose would scarce be noticed to have been turned up, owing to sleeping on her stomach". At the same time "she was just a lowborn girl, but none could beat her at playing the piano". And Mr. Withersq is no piker. He crashes right into a Bohemian festival the first night out, visits the exotic "Mauve Loft" the next morning and by evening has been officially appointed Head Poet of England...
...first and second rounds of the Union tennis tournament got well under way yesterday afternoon on the Jarvis Courts when 27 of the matches were played. None of the matches uncovered excellent tennis since the seeded players encountered little opposition...