Word: periodical
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Passed the first important public buildings bill since 1913, carrying $165,000,000 to be spent over a period of five years. The money is to be allocated by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General** to communities in which buildings are most needed, but $50,000,000 is especially marked for the District of Columbia, by vote of 263 to 120. (Bill went to the Senate...
...Chop" is pidgin-English for "quick." The Chinese call these implements kwaitsze, literally "the quick ones." The etiquette governing their use is elaborate. To lay them crossed upon the bowl is a sign that one wishes to leave the table. During a period of mourning chopsticks are usually put away, and the mourners eat with their fingers...
...Author. Martin Hume of England brings scholarly documentation to his task. He was the official editor of the Spanish State Papers of the period (Public Record office), a careful student of all other relevant material, some of it newly accessible. He is author also of The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth, currently republished to match this volume. "Infernal Searchers...
...Second Period Proves Scoreless...
...lecture which Mr. Holmes was scheduled to give in early February was postponed because of the midyear examination period and Friday's lecture has been planned to take its place...