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Word: resorted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dancers, the pepper of quick wisecracks, the charm of music, Peggy-Ann skipped right up to the head of the class in current musical diversions. Peggy-Ann (Helen Ford), a Cinderella in love with a penniless prince, falls asleep, dreams a crazy romance of department store and Cuban summer resort adventure. Helen Ford and Lester Cole sing the song hits, "In His Arms," "A Tree in the Park." Lulu McConnell, stylish stout comedienne, Charlestbns, croons, while pretty Betty Starbuck, as a clownish brat, keeps the audience a-roaring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 10, 1927 | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...incompatible with the position of Panama in the League of Nations. According to the League Covenant, Panama has undertaken to submit any disputes that are 'likely to lead to a rupture to arbitration or to an inquiry by the Council of the League and in no case to resort to war until a sufficient time has elapsed for an award to be rendered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Entangling Alliance | 1/3/1927 | See Source »

...schools large groups of young men who have already distinguished themselves as scholars. They are prepared to search out principles and to deal with the problems of a world that is ever new. Such students are inspiring to their teachers and lead the way for their fellows. The increasing resort to our graduate schools and their recognized high accomplishments testify to their worth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOWELL HONORED BY HARVARD DEANS | 12/14/1926 | See Source »

When the Supreme Court hands down a decision by a five-to-four majority the scales of justice may well be said to hang by a hair. Such was the situation last week when the court of last resort upheld the provision of the Volstead Act which limits the amount of whiskey that physicians may prescribe to one pint every ten days. Paradoxically enough, this decision was written by Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis, who often dissents from decisions restricting individual "liberty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUPREME COURT: Five to Four | 12/13/1926 | See Source »

...Build new dining-halls. It would be unwise to open a renovated and rejuvenated Memorial Hall. This experiment, tried as a final resort just before the final closing of the institution, was a failure once, and probably would be again. The most obvious site for one such dining-hall is the vacant lot on the corner of Holyoke and Mt. Auburn Sts., this hall to serve men in the dormitories in the vicinity. Others should be erected where possible with a view toward accommodating the occupants of the Yard dormitories, and the students in the Kirkland St., Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Build New Dining Halls" Is First Suggestion of Winner | 12/1/1926 | See Source »

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