Word: patch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Here the novel breaks off, the diary becomes agitated; Stanislaw has heard Marusia is still alive, still remembers him. Frantically he wires, sends messages, money. The little son he has never seen is brought to him. Marusia has died of cholera on the trip. Stanislaw and his wife patch up the pieces, go on again from...
Seeking Divorce? William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey, fisticuffer; from Mrs. Estelle Taylor Dempsey, cinemactress; in Reno, Nev. whither he went for a "rest." Said he: "We've had a scrap. I might file a divorce action. ... It depends mostly on letters I've written to her. ... I want to patch the thing up. ... But I want a home, a family and family life...
...held next year. The possible failure of the Franco-Italian accord would indirectly serve to magnify the existing distrust between the two countries, while England, through whom the agreement was originally drawn up, is new definitely on the side of Italy, and will do nothing more to patch the relationship. France, too, antagonized by the recent Austro-German customs relationship, is thoroughly on her guard. These added difficulties of a European situation already sufficiently troubled will materially increase the obstacles in the way of full understanding at the coming Geneva conference...
...nuisance to small boys playing hockey on country ponds are those solemn, grown-up "fancy" skaters who select the smoothest patch of ice and amuse themselves by executing interminable inside edges, spread eagles, figure eights. Fancy skaters, who prefer to call themselves figure skaters, last week held their championship tournament in Boston...
...prosecution finds her too. When she appears at the trial her perjured testimony condemns the innocent defendant. That night a mob takes the prisoner from the jail, burns him alive. The girl's father tries to make the best of an unspeakable business by taking her abroad, trying to patch up a hopelessly smashed life. The lawyer washes his hands of Justice, retires to failure and his shrewish wife...