Word: paired
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Connecticut Legislature, a bill was killed which would have placed an annual tax of $1.00 on torn cats and $10.00 on tabby cats. The most telling argument against it was that one pair of rats, if allowed to multiply, could have 359,000,000 descendants in three years...
...personal friend of the exiled family published a story of their distress. Young Otto, said she, had been outdoors playing. He tore his breeches. While they were being mended he was obliged to keep to his bed, for be had but one pair...
...Toys. Richard Barthelmess and Mary Hay, who cooperate as man and wife, extended their cooperation as hero and heroine of this entertainment and made it generally amusing. They play a newly-wedded pair, have a child, a quarrel or two and finally fall foul of the "other woman." The singular individuality of Miss Hay seems to grow with her experience; Mr. Barthelmess displayed a vein of comedy which most of his previous pictures have not tapped...
...Commission appointed to arrange the celebration of the 200th anniversary (in 1932) of the birth of George Washington, for breakfast; Frank J. Irwin, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans to discuss plans for adequate hospital facilities for veterans; Mickey Walker, welterweight boxing champion, to present a pair of five-ounce boxing gloves with the injunction: "Use 'em on your next Congress;" George Spring Meyer, of Reno, to present a photograph of the graduating class of 1890 at Black River Academy at Ludlow, Vt., containing three girls and five youths, one of them, in cutaway, white tie and long...
...those above could hear his mutterings as he beat the ground at intervals with this heavy instrument. One, two, three, four thuds and, at last, a ball came from the pit, Hagen putted, won the match. Rockefeller vs. Baker. John Davison Rockefeller, 86, drew from his pocket a pair of white cotton gloves, put them on. He took a pinch of sand out of a tee-box. "Take the honor," said George F. Baker, 85. About the first tee of the Hotel Ormond course, Ormond Beach, Fla., a group had gathered. Mr. Rockefeller placed his pinch of sand, poked...