Word: properly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...operation of rigid airships over land, as well as over the sea, is a proper and powerful function of the Navy...
...after this incident Secretary of Commerce Hoover issued an exhortation to automobile users, garage men, et al., to save tires, declaring that, without decreasing the use of automobiles, by patching and proper use of tires it would be possible to decrease the U. S. consumption of rubber 25% and partly protect the country from a loss of $700,000,000 a year in excess profits being taken by foreign rubber producers...
...Another part of the idea was that if we would publish their birthday dates, it might be read by the proper parties, maybe remembered, and might be the cause of some presents along about birthday time...
...There where the watermelon and the strawberry transform the midnight dew into luscious red juice; there where the springs gush forth that transparent and God-given fluid sparkling with purity and virtue, the only proper drink for an American citizen; but if there be those of a grosser appetite who want to violate the constitution of America, there is Bimini, only an hour or two away...
...Providence (R. I.) Bulletin: "It is possible that, if proper curbs can be applied, football will regain a secure position where the spirit of the game for the game's sake will take the place of the present clamor for great stadiums and greater gate receipts, high-priced players and spectacular programs on the playing field. Football is a great sport and its best friends are those who regard it objectively, probing to find its faults and know them as well as they know its virtues...