Word: safes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...high, squirted them with kerosene, touched off a match and cried out over the flames: "Do you think I want homes in Denver ruined? . . . All you poor girls, you troubled women, who have given me your confidence that I might help you, rest now in peace. Your secrets are safe...
What the Freshman expects of Harvard is quite another matter; and therein lies one of the few points on which it is safe to advise a thousand men without boring some or insulting others. Every Freshman is an individual--even before he is a Freshman. When he comes to Harvard he is in no way urged to yield up that individuality merely for the sake of conforming. There are either three thousand types of Harvard graduates or there is none. The Harvard type is a phantom type, its residence in Olympus or Hades, its character mythical. In four years...
...Rochester, N. Y. "A modern navy is a burden too heavy to be borne. . . . the advance of science will make it impossible tomorrow. One of the sanest of small nations? Denmark?already has decided to give up the idea that it can defend itself and ... is ... therefore, reasonably safe...
Governor William J. Bulow of South Dakota stood up at the state beauty contest at Yankton, S. Dak., to make a speech on the subject of the "World's Fair." Said he: "I did some talking lately and got into trouble. Therefore I am going to play safe tonight. It's a fine evening, isn't it. I am sure no one can disagree with that statement tonight. It is certainly a fine evening, isn't it? Good-night...
...Bronte planed down toward a thorny strip of land guarding a lagoon on the isle of Molokai* in the Hawaiian group. Bushes ripped their ship as it crashed down through a breadfruit tree. But their gasoline had lasted just long enough. They were out of the fog. They were safe...