Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...races are as honest, if not more so, than horse races, and proof of this can be had. Bettors wager on horse and dog races upon such facts as breeding, form, past performances, condition of track, weather, distances, etc. Who ever heard of playing a slot machine or buying a lottery ticket on such knowledge? Then why even lead people to think badly of dog racing, or at least include horse racing, as long as it is so evident the writer is not well informed on the actual present day facts...
Because his Farmer office was always littered with samples of seed corn, that publication's new Des Moines building was made mouse-proof throughout. On its roof Henry Wallace plays badminton with Managing Editor Donald Murphy. In Washington he walks three miles to his office before 8 a. m., lunches at his desk, goes home after 6 p. m. Summers he climbs Pikes Peak in a bee line...
...brother a fool. He added: "Women were on his mind the whole time." As the defense rested, the prosecution which had been calling Lieut. Baillie-Stewart everything from a "kept man'' to a traitor suddenly announced that it would advise the court that it had "no proof of treacherous intention on the part of the accused...
...interpretation of all this allegory, the author declares in the postscript preface that the Bible is a mess, and uses the more modern translations of it for his proof. The Book of Revelations is "a curious record of the visions of a drug addict." And to him Christianity is "an amazing muddle, which has held out only because the views of Jesus were above the heads of all but the best minds." Suspecting that the masses are ready to accept the doctrine of Truth, the author feels that he is timely in getting out this plea for a realignment...
...from seven to eleven, and the feminine sanctity of that academic building is violated by permitting the entertainment of gentlemen friends. Twenty-five cents, and a little yellow card is the "Open Sesame" which admits Radkliffe and her evening's choice. When the card shows evidence of ten punches, proof that $2.50 has been paid, then further evenings' entertainments are free. The gentleman, it is assumed, will provide the initial two-bits...