Word: rare
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Michigan v. Wisconsin. Boundary disputes between states are not so rare today as might be expected. In October the Supreme Court opened its autumn session by settling a controversy between Oklahoma and Texas (TIME, Oct. 25). Last week it drew a new boundary line between Michigan and Wisconsin, states which have lived side by side for more than a century. The new line, running from Lake Superior to Green Bay, is only a slight variation of the old and does not change the ownership of any important cities. It does, however, settle the ownership of numerous islands in Green...
...latest acquisition, Junever, pedigreed Labrador setter which I bought from the Duke of Connaught for $525. 'Junever,' said I, 'is a good dog for picking up dead birds.' I used Junever while shooting grouse at my Scotland estate. I brought also two chests filled with rare manuscripts valued at $375,000, for the Morgan Library in Manhattan...
...opening day of the auction saw mostly tapestries put up, "knocked down"-though some of these were so impressively rare as to require more respectful handling than that. A Beauvais specimen went to $130,000 before its seekers got discouraged. A Gobelin brought $95,000. This day's sales totaled...
...speech. It is supposed to be one of the most sacred heritages of the English speaking races. It is nevertheless true that since 1917 so many limitations have been placed on this right that it is in imminent danger of ceasing to be a right and be coming a rare privilege...
...rare volume will be stored in the Baker. Memorial Library of the Business School with the rest of the Historical Society's colections, and will be open to reference for students of early business methods...