Word: reade
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...delighted to read about TIME'S recent inquisition. The statistics proved very interesting indeed...
...debutantes entered, three white feathers in their hair, court trains trailing just 18 inches on the ground behind them, long white gloves on their arms. One by one they curtsied as the chamberlain read their names aloud, and walked backwards to the side of the throne room. Each presentation took just 30 seconds. Miss Wills was seen to smile slightly as the Queen dipped her head in acknowledgment of the Wills curtsey...
None of the 28 deputies noticed that the old Poldavian name of Lamidaeff might read "I'Ami d'A. F."-"the friend of A. F.," "the friend of L'Action Française" famed royalist newspaper of which the editor is Leon Daudet, bon vivant, practical jokester, son of famed Author Alphonse Daudet (Tartarin de Tarascon), exile from the republic he has so consistently lampooned (TIME, June 13, 1927, et seq.). Three days after the 28 gullible deputies replied to the "Poldavian Minister," a special edition of L'Action Française appeared...
...Washington jail, Oilman Harry Sinclair had hoped to hear the Preakness results over the prison radio (see p. 12). But the radio would not work. He had to wait for the newspapers. When he read them he discovered that one of his horses, Patroness, had won a preliminary race...
...competition for parts in the play, which is as yet unannounced will be open to all students of the University. Candidates are expected to read Latin verse or to recite a prepared extract from the Latin...