Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There are two ways in which the commission can proceed further. The first is for each delegation to hold up the concessions it is prepared to make until the last minute, seeking in return to obtain other advantages for value received...
...order that our readers may have at least a measure of news from Russia accurately and impartially presented," the Tribune editorialed, "we have abandoned our bureau in Soviet Russia." Most of the news that American correspondents can obtain in Russia is contemptuously, and rightfully so, described as "handouts." The Soviet news agency edits the news and fabricates information to conform with Communist policies...
...shaved and shining in his evening clothes, beside Señor Davila, was Mrs. Gann's brother. Vice President Charles Curtis, upon being whose official hostess Mrs. Gann had long been. bent. This dinner represented the final triumph of her and her brother's efforts to obtain for her the status that she would automatically have enjoyed if she had been Charles Curtis's wife instead of his sister, or if Edward Everett Gann had been elected Vice President...
...Thornton, who bustled him to the capital. Senator Heflin awaited his boy's homecoming on the station platform. Instead of "hell," he, a fond parent, gave his prodigal a full-bosomed embrace and loving forgiveness. The reconciliation was interrupted when Senator Heflin demanded, but failed to obtain, the arrest of news cameramen who flashlighted the family group. Later, Heflin Senior issued his customary statement: his son's tippling was a Roman Catholic plot. Alone of U. S. news channels, the Associated Press closed its wires to the Junior Heflin story. A. P. Manager Kent Cooper's reason...
Weather conditions may influence Coach Mitchell's starting choice of moundsman, but R. R. Ketchum '29 seems to have the edge. S. L. Batchelder '31 or J. D. Dudley '31 will be on the receiving end. The Crimson mentor, in an endeavor to obtain greater batting power, will make a wholesale shift in his choice of outfielders. B. H. Bassett '31 will be the only outfielder to retain his berth A. G. Whitney '29, letterman from last year, will make his initial start of this year, when he takes up his post again in leftfield. T. W. Gilligan...