Word: quieting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...children to ride, and movies of the animals for everyone to see. But also there was sad news. Dr. William Temple Hornaday, for 30 years presiding genius and animal-man of the Bronx, announced his resignation as Director. He was 72 years old and wanted peace and quiet...
...city to be seventh rather than eighth in the country by reason of a congestion of human beings is no particular asset. Save to the mythical western senator who travels through Europe in after dinner speeches, size is not an absolute measure of value. And Boston might indeed discover quiet achievements dedicated to the happiness of its citizens to be a suitable substitute for statistical boasting...
...Bradley, a murderer out on bail. Religion picks up. Bloodhounds bay for three days and nights in the back hills and Bradley is brought in to jail, crusted with mud but full of bravado. Sharing his contempt for the law and seething with Old Testament, the community grows ominously quiet. Abner suggests a plan; feet tramp, a rope is knotted and what was Peck Bradley twists slowly in the air near his ambush...
Elbert H. Gary finds American industry returning to sound conditions. He recites that "Labor conditions are generally quiet Money is plentiful and interest...
...Origin of the Next War-John Bakeless ($2.50). Bursting with quiet facts...