Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Christi College, Oxford, alma mater of James Oglethorpe, founder of the Georgia colony. A legacy of $275,000 to this end was left by Mrs. Robert J. Lowry, of Atlanta, in memory of her husband, prominent banker and business man. President Jacobs, of Oglethorpe, has sailed for England to obtain pictures, plans, specifications of Corpus Christi. And when the Lowry memorial is completed it will house the Lowry School of Banking and Commerce. It is just possible that the original plans and specifications of Corpus Christi may require some adaptation to fit the needs of the School of Banking...
...York public reacted normally. Shortly after the opening reviews of the production were on the newsstands it was virtually impossible to obtain a seat for Artists and Models at any price. Lines stretched from the theatre half a block to Broadway. The second night there was a fight in the lobby over the final standing room coupon...
This situation will obtain until a standard code of criminal procedure is adopted for all the states...
...recovery from the illness which cut short her tour in 1918 she has been busy studying stage lighting and the mechanics of motion pictures. Her laboratory has been buried in some obscure corner of the General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., and she has consistently resisted attempts to obtain information regarding her activities...
...Mexico President Obregon had to run the gauntlet of stiff criticisms from his opponents. They charged him with having made concessions to the U. S. in order to obtain recognition. These charges rest on a fairly sound basis. Under the agrarian provision of the 1917 Constitution more Mexicans are said to have been dispossessed of their property than U. S. citizens. If President Obregon intends to indemnify the citizens of the U. S., he can hardly fail to do the right thing by Mexican citizens. It seems, therefore, that the Mexican Treasury must groan or Obregon succumb to the jibes...