Word: objects
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Object of Magda de Fontanges' visit to the U. S. was to capitalize on her misbehavior by appearing as a show girl at New York's French Casino cabaret. When the Normandie, on which she had saved part of her first-class expense money by traveling tourist, docked in New York, immigration officials refused to let her disembark. Next day, Magda de Fontanges was whisked to Ellis Island where, in an interview with ship news reporters she declared, "My only interest is to obtain a gainful occupation for the purpose of making an honorable living." Same...
...feature, "Annapolis Salute," be it said for the general credit that the directors have presented some convincing, because honest and unsentimentalized, pictures of naval academy life. James Ellison, Marsha Hunt, and Van Heflin turn in careful performances as the principals. If one won't object to the inadequacies of the old Navy traingle of girl, rival, and loyalty to the service, the unpretentiousness of the picture will prove sufficiently gratifying...
...students in the course embark in their sturdy oyster boats and coast out over the surface of Fresh Pond, which is the reserve water supply of Cambridge. Once out they use their special equipment to plumb the depths and bring up the vegetable and animal life which is the object of their study. In addition they use special equipment to take temperature readings at various depths in he pond...
...Legislature passed a bill to put Tennessee primaries on a county-unit basis like Georgia's whereby each county would have one unit vote for every 100 popular votes cast in the last gubernatorial election, with an absolute maximum of ⅛ of 1% of the population. Object of Governor Browning's unit plan was to enlarge the voting power of rural districts, put a crimp in the Crump vote by reducing it from approximately 25% of the State total...
...Francisco. After his successful prosecution of Mooney and Billings, Attorney Fickert twice ran unsuccessfully for re-election as District Attorney, once ran unsuccessfully for Governor of California. He always swore that Mooney and Billings got a fair trial, though for the rest of his life he was the object of threats and imprecations. When Convict Mooney heard of Attorney Fickert's death he said bitterly: "He'll be chiefly known for that infamous conduct rather than for anything else he ever did, if he ever did anything worth while...