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Word: personal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time in the City of Denver, while I was Vice President, a big husky policeman kept following me around until I asked him what he was doing. He said he was guarding my person. I said: 'Your labor is in vain. Nobody was ever crazy enough to shoot at a Vice President. If you will go, away and find somebody to shoot, at me, I'll go down in history as being the first Vice President who ever attracted enough attention to have even a, crank shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In Denver | 10/5/1925 | See Source »

When a CRIMSON reporter interviewed Dr. Von Oy, he admitted that he was probably the person referred to as "Von Off" whose arrival the Boston papers reported in so sensational a manner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DR. VON OY REPUDIATES BOTH DIAMONDS AND COAL | 10/2/1925 | See Source »

...less children's delinquency; 7) fewer cases of malnutrition among children; 8) liquor less accessible to children; 9) more drinking by young people; 10) less respect for law. "It cannot be too strongly insisted in evaluating such results that they are likely to reflect the bias of the person making the replies. On the other hand, it will be noted in the above tabulation that the order of favorable and unfavorable re- plies was reversed in the questions having to do with drinking among young people and with attitude toward law. This would seem to indicate discrimination at the expense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Churches' Report | 9/28/1925 | See Source »

...leading man capably played by Richard Barthlemess. He is a member of the U. S. Navy who makes the acquaintance, one day on leave, of a spinster seamstress. She falls in love with him. He promises to come back to her and eventually does. The U. S. Navy in person assisted in the filming of many scenes. "Cripes" and "spigotty" are givtn as U. S. sailor talk. The net entertainment profit is very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Sep. 28, 1925 | 9/28/1925 | See Source »

...envelopes which are given to students on registration. Bills are payable at the Harvard Trust Company in Harvard Square, and cheeks should be made payable to Harvard University. The Bursar's office suggests that students will save time by making their payments by mail, instead of in person, inclosing the bill with the check...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Term Bill Due Monday | 9/26/1925 | See Source »

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