Word: purported
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...obligation with honor; the French (of Louis XV), based on privilege without obligation. Which tradition is being accepted by rich Americans'? The answer will come from the sons of Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Stotesburys, Armours, Mel-Ions, Bakers, Biddies, Fords, who can, if they like, win Grand Nationals. This is the purport of considerable serious comment across the water...
...Emperor Jones" come to life, with sex and race transformed, Is the purport of a recent news-item from Australia. Elizabeth Mahoney, the widow of a South Sea trader, has returned to civilization after thirty-three industrious years on an island in the Antipodes During those years she has accumulated a fortune in gold, which she herself has mined; she has acquired a fleet of small boats, and incidentally has done the everyday tasks of carpentering, engineering, and the raising of-her own food-supplies. All these are mere incidentals. Her great achievement was in winning sovereignty over...