Word: personally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with Irish candor his belief that Chicago crime had not been materially stamped out. Mr. Donnelley said: "I know from secret sources that criminals in Chicago are watching this meeting and wondering whether this is the beginning of a rising of citizens. If it ends in talk, praising this person and that person, saying we are better than we are, we will be missing the greatest opportunity. . . . Crime is much complicated with politics...
True and yet with the force of a legend is the story of how blunt General Groener dared to tell Wilhelm II., in the last days of the war, that the Emperor ought to go in person into the battle areas and either rally his troops for a last effort or die in the attempt, "fighting as would become Your Majesty...
These are four branches of Astrology: Natural, having to do with the efect of the planets on earthly climate, quakes, floods; Mundane, concerning prosperity, plagues, wars; Natal, how the arrangement of the stars at the moment of birth determines a person's character, physique, life work; Horary, concerning the propitiousness of the stars for (or against) playing the market, getting married, leaving town. The last two branches of astrology are most in demand today...
...special feature of the tour, which is planned for the "eye-minded" person, is that it is under the expert guidance of European historians, art critics and educators...
Chief Leslie H. Quigg of the Miami, Fla., police force, had a famed caller, a burly person whose face is a grim combination of smiles and scars. It was Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone, ganglander, ousted from his Chicago home, rejected by Los Angeles, still seeking residence (TIME, Dec. 19). "Do I stay or do I get out?" asked Capone. Chief Quigg announced: "If he's just here to have a good time and doesn't start any rough stuff, I won't bother him." Rumor said that Capone would buy a Miami night club. Capone said...