Word: question
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question was: How will intense, unconventional, efficient and sometimes impatient Mr. Morrow of New York City get along with easygoing, inefficient, procrastinating Mr. Tomorrow of Mexico City? Will Mr. Morrow restrain his inclination to hurry Mr. Tomorrow on such a matter as defining and settling U. S. oil land titles in Mexico? Will the Mexicans be offended if he interrupts their siestas with statistics? Or are modern Mexicans susceptible to amiable prompting? Is the almost whimsical Morrow importunity an ideal substitute for angry notes and troops along the border...
...insisted upon the ejection of two Negroes from a night place in Rome, as reported by Il Progresso (Manhattan daily). "Silly report!" replied the Mayor. In Rome, one Anton Bragaglia, proprietor of the night place, explained: "Mayor Walker was my distinguished guest that evening, I asked the Brazilians in question not to dance. They were very indignant and explained they were not Negroes but Creoles, and, moreover, French citizens, although Brazilian born, and artists. They were members of a French troupe then residing in Rome, they said. "I told this to Mayor Walker and he accepted the explanation. I also...
...characters-most marked when she is writing about children. Readers may well suppose that Author Lehmann wisely creates out of her own experiences. Like Judith Earle she has come early to an artist's isolation, her past has already made the "one great circle." Then to the question "What next?" her book is the answer-dusty like an insect's wings with a curious bright bloom of sudden wisdom and golden wonder. The Author. Author Lehmann is the daughter of English R. C. Lehmann, famed oarsman, noted writer, member of the staff of Punch; she is a cousin...
...improbable that he will see more than a few minutes of action today. Whether the coaches want to develop two nearly equal backfields as they did last year, and will for this reason keep French out of the first combination after he is fully recovered, is a question that it is impossible to answer at present...
...chief problem that faces Major J. B. Wogan the coach at present is the question of ponies...