Word: oddly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Odd Fellows at a world convention in Houston, Tex., mourned a 68,176 decrease of membership in 1928, but were consoled when their Grand Sire told them, "President Hoover is an Odd Fellow...
Whale Watcher Sirs: In your issue of Sept. 9, on p. 60, you say there is no record of whales having been observed in actual copulation. By an odd coincidence, the third column on that same page carries the picture of the employer of a man who does state that he has seen whales under just such conditions. On the estate of Col. Green at South Dartmouth, Mass., is moored, perpetually in a concrete basin, the whaling bark Charles W. Morgan, said to be the last of the old New Bedford whalers, her only rival for that distinction having been...
...revenue cutter Apache. Leaning over the rail he watched intently while Imp II, driven by Financier Richard Farnsworth Hoyt of Manhattan, won the President's cup for motorboats. The Pres- ident then accepted another salute, was ferried ashore and motored?reversing a decision of the week prior?the 100-odd miles away from Washington's heat and humidity to his Rapidan camp for one more weekend. Guests at the camp included Secretary of Commerce Lamont, F. K. Heath, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Mrs. Jean Large, sister of Mrs. Hoover, and her two children; Charles Kellogg Field, college classmate...
...results of this attitude are clearly shown in the Baker Library as it stands today. Twenty odd years is a small time in which to gather together a working reference library for a graduate school, and although it naturally can hardly be completed, at the same time it represents one of the outstanding collections in its field in the country...
...serving his second term. Of his 60 odd pay checks received since taking office none has yet been cashed. At $5,000 a year they represent some $13,000. Governor Green's private wealth comes from a furniture factory...