Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...post melee that followed the Dartmouth game provides a ready answer to those who have not yet thought of something that will relieve them of their capital as quickly as Mr. Ponzi's schemes of a decade or so ago. The Yardling, more fortunate than many others, managed to obtain the arrest of a well known professional pickpocket, who was making the most of the opportunity afforded by the crush around the goals to lighten the load in students' pockets...
...London it remained to secure for Belgium whatever treaty pledges Germany might be willing to make, but Leopold III judged it indiscreet for the King of the Belgians to do anything so sensational as visit Adolf Hitler. Last week routine diplomatic procedure to get the best deal Belgium could obtain as quietly as possible climaxed when, a handsome scrap of paper was handed by the German Foreign Minister, portly, grey-mustached Diplomat-of-the-Old-School Baron Constantin von Neurath in Berlin to sleek, smart Belgian Ambassador Viscount Jacques Davignon...
Because of all those restraints on freedom a conscientious Executive will regard martial law as only a last resort. If the civil courts are open, state officials can ordinarlly obtain there abundant help in the maintenance of order, for instance, an injunction at the suit of the Attorney-General against the public nuisance caused by the assemblage of a large number of disorderly persons in connection with a prize fight or horse race...
...from X. If X is guilty of both these deeds, we beg Y to come around to the Houses early some morning, say noon, so that we may apologize), after having registered Friday, approached the information desk in University Hall and asked where he might find the Dean to obtain permission to leave College until classes began...
...Capitalists are as dumb as the average ATHLETE. While the athlete puts all the time and energy of the development of the body, the Capitalists put all the time and energy of the development of their mind, of how to obtain, possess, and accumulate wealth. They smell like SKUNKS, and like Skunks they do not understand the reason why people do not like them...