Word: num
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Num'rous Crowd, with wonder and delight...
...that in 1920 only about 50% cast ballots. What is more, he declares that the native-born population are the worst offenders, because there were 21 million more native-born citizens of voting age in 1920 than the entire num- ber of votes cast...
...number seven, replacing J. M. Gates, who is now at number three. W. P. Locke is at number six, and Geoffrey Platt continues in seat five, which he has held since the beginning of the year. S. N. Shurtleff is at number four and J. M. Gates at num- ber three. Cecil Wylde at number two replaces J. P. Hall who is now stroking the four-oared shell. J. B. Olmstead 2nd, retains his position...
...Germany that is now, and that has been for nearly half a century, as dead as Nineveh; and an extraordinarily brilliant depiction of the characters of a group of persons that makes it about as interesting a book as has been offered to the American reading public for a num-ber of years. The last quality is what calls for superlatives. Every character in the book is exhibited to you brilliantly. But Thomas and Christian and Antonie?and a few others?are not merely exhibited to you. Instead, practically the lifetime of each is portrayed flawlessly. You are allowed...
...Pope of Rome and the rosary and other emblems of the Catholic order and faith" is wholly without foundation. Such statements touch my sense of humor. . . . As a Protestant myself, I deplore the circulation of these rumors, because they tend to arouse religious intolerance. . . . If there is any substantial num-ber of American citizens who believe this amusing but absurd story about the one-dollar greenback, what a field they would offer for Samson and his jawbone of an ass! In the Bible it is recorded (Judges XV, 15) that Samson "found a new jawbone...