Word: properly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Governor John G. Richards, South Carolina: "I regard the great national sin today the want of a proper observance of the Sabbath...
...equal parts, placed one part in a known amount of sterile water and let it remain for a short time to dislodge the bacteria. Then varying amounts of the water were carefully transferred to sterile glass plates with covers-petri dishes, we call them in the laboratory-and a proper amount of culture media, or food supply for bacteria, added...
...River which is almost a natural spillway and can readily be adapted to the purpose); and the possible construction of an additional spillway north from the Atchafalaya to the Arkansas River. "There is no question," said Mr. Hoover, "that the Mississippi River can be controlled if a bold and proper engineering plan is developed." Concerning present conditions in the flood area, Mr. Hoover said that of 700,000 persons flooded, all but 20,000 had returned to their homes, although 150,000 still were being fed by the Red Cross. He said that there were 2,000,000 acres...
...Bawby" Jones. Excursion trains stopped to watch him. Clergymen, grandmothers, policemen, cripples made shift to get a view. Wet greens-had bothered his putts at first but his second score, a 71, was a portent. Less whiskery than Tom Morris Jr. but quite as serious, "Bawby" started the tournament proper by playing four holes steadily and, at the 530-yard fifth hole, putting his second shot on the edge of the huge plateau green. Peering off at the cup about 40 yards away, he said: "This is the longest putt I ever had to make." He sank the putt...
...fitted to his patient's purse. Those Illinois doctors may charge the double fees to neurasthenics, cranks and flustery mothers with ill-natured babies whose night calls are unwarranted. The rich, too, may be charged double. But the needy and the veritably sick will be charged in proper measure, for medicine is still a profession in Illinois...