Word: saws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...country as a specially favored community, an isle of contentment lifted above the general level of the average standards of humanity." After luncheon the President attended ceremonies commemorating the 250th anniversary of the day when Pére Marquette landed at Chicago. Then he proceeded to the stockyards, saw herds of blooded stock and crowds of enthusiastic people. At dinner in the evening, he spoke at Stock Yards Inn on the post-War troubles of livestock raisers. Fourteen hours after arriving in Chicago, the Presidential party started back for the Capital. ¶ On the return trip, B. & O. officials split...
Continuing, Herr Warburg said: "My brothers Paul [onetime head of the Federal Reserve Bank] and Felix [financier, member of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Manhattan] are American citizens. Paul holds an office in America equivalent to the presidency of the Reichsbank. Throughout the whole War, he never once saw President Wilson and, therefore, could hardly have controlled the United States Government...
...came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon...
...afternoon David got up from his siesta and took a walk on the roof of the royal palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. She was a very beautiful woman to behold, and David sent to make inquiries about her. Someone said: "That must be Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah, the Hittite...
...pigeons. Fastened to the pigeons' legs were quotations from St. Luke and references to angels. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, scripturally minded always, had found therein the name for the ship-not a fighting ship, but a messenger of good will. Other cities, not far from Los Angeles, saw rather in the christening a flattering compliment from a favorite son of the cinema capital. They resented it. Said they: "Why not San Francisco? Why not Seattle...