Word: priscilla
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...forgotten history teacher, will go in and out delightedly. The latter, unwilling to be betrayed into a display of unpremeditated emotion, will seek feverishly for flaws. Of these there seems to be an abundance. The scenes were rather obviously made in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a Hollywood studio. Priscilla is played by Enid Bennett in her best molasses manner. Even the captious, however, must assent to the general approbation of the acting of Charles Ray. For his sake and for the undoubted historical value of the picture, it must be labeled worthy of consideration and approval...
...Priscilla, the nomination of 1924, who was pursued by redskin Hiram Johnson, Pilgrim Weeks promised her protection and put in a good word for his friend Captain Coolidge, to which she made answer: "Why does he not come himself and take the trouble to woo me? If I am not worth the wooing I am surely not worth the winning. Surely a maid worth courting must also be worth the asking. Granted Calvin is silent, he must find words if he wants me. If he seeks me let him ask; till then, I answer silence with silence...
...cracked shaft on the "Priscilla", the special Fall River Line steamer on which nearly 700 members of the University made the trip from Fall River to New York last night caused the steamer's operating certificate to be revoked in 1921, it was learned yesterday afternoon. Officials of the United States Steamboat Inspection Service declared it possible that the trouble had since been repaired...
Nearly half the state rooms for the special Harvard boat to New York on the eve of the Princeton football game have already been reserved. A brisk sale of tickets and reservations is looked for during the next few days, and it is expected that when the Priscilla, the Fall River boat which has been chartered for the trip sails on Friday it will have on board at least 700 of the 1500 members of the University who will invade the jungle on Saturday...
...there is any at the moment, could write a note demanding $6,000,000 or a trainload of smoked salmon by way of reparation. It shows just how nasty the Chinese nature is when it sets about peddling opium through the agency of a beautiful young woman. Miss Priscilla Dean is the young woman. She will probably peddle the picture, dope and all, around the country with considerable success...