Word: occasionals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Even on such an occasion as this, when we are congratulating ourselves on the British Industries Fair," said the Prince, "no good can come of patting ourselves on the back. . We can congratulate ourselves on our successes only when we have seen and rectified our faults."
The leakage of the latest bit of information contributes testimony to strengthen the indictment. When there is not yet occasion for an official announcement, the news still finds a way. If Harvard has adopted a policy of keeping information until it has lost the chance of novelty, let her follow...
He stands, sits, walks, talks, turns, twists, wiggles his ears and even on occasion shows his teeth in a vicious gesture. Such is the mechanical man, known as Eric Robot, now being exhibited at the Tremont Temple in Boston.
¶"Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, do proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the fourth day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon. . . ." With...
In the green days of the Republic, this Constitutional rite was. a solemn thing, freighted with great uncertainty. Last week's vote-counting became an occasion for 40 minutes of horselaughs and whoopee. The outward forms, the ancient lines and cues, seemed as comical to those Congressmen who bothered...