Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have lately come here from the West Indies, where it was difficult to obtain (and then somewhat out of date) your admirable summary and comment. One of the advantages of being here is that I can get it every Wednesday...
...Birkenhead give public assurance that the bill has a chance to be accepted if it is indorsed by Pandit Motilal Nehru and any other he may name and I will undertake to obtain their signatures...
...East there are still many who go to college because of athletics or social life or because it is 'the thing to do.' That does not obtain so much in the West. For instance, in one small Ohio college at which I lectured, 90% of the boy students were working their way through school...
...rate, he entered suit to obtain the Cathedral and all that went with it. Receiving a preliminary judgment in his favor, Bishop Adam and his lawyer obtained the assistance of a police bomb squad early in July, attacked Platon, drove him forth. But they overlooked the fact that the judge had granted a stay of judgment to hear Platen's argument; hence their ouster was illegal...
...Bureau, took the parental bull directly and single-handedly by the horns. Its Dr. I. A. Thom issued commandments on child management: "Don't bribe. Don't make promises which you know you cannot or do not intend to keep. Don't threaten a child in order to obtain control over...