Word: righte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...workshop he stepped, paused, smiled at friendly objects: his desk, his favorite chair, many of his books, all brought carefully from the White House. Here he may work when he wishes to stay at home; on most days he will continue to use the executive offices in the right wing of the White House...
...State of New York has the right to abolish prize fighting, but under this decision it has not the right to fix the price at which tickets shall be sold. Prize fighting is clearly covered by the decision, which mentions baseball, football and other sports...
That great, gentle mathematician War Minister Paul Painlevé asked a favor last week of his good friend Joseph Paul-Boncour, leader of the Right Wing Socialists, outstanding pacifist, fervent champion of the League of Nations before which he represented France in 1924-25. All that M. Painlevé asked of M. Paul-Boncour was that he would introduce and sponsor in the Chamber a bill proposing to spend 7,000,000 francs ($280,000) forthwith on armaments to protect the frontiers of France...
...seismograph, Professor Mather continued, is really two instruments, each pointing in different directions at right angles to each other. This aids in determining the direction from which the tremor comes. Each seismograph has a point which rests upon a revolving cylinder. An earthquake is recorded by the agitation of the line drawn by the point on the cylinder. When there is no agitation in the ground this line is perfectly straight...
Today is the last day on which applications for the Reengagements of rooms in college dormitories may be turned in at the Bursar's Office. Those failing to have their applications in by 5 o'clock this afternoon will forfeit their right to occupy their present rooms during the next college year...