Word: saws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Luis Angel Firpo, strong of fist but somewhat weak of English, went to Washington for a visit. He saw Arlington Cemetery, and the Pan-American Building. His car then drove up to the White House Office building. He was announced, and the President ordered him admitted. The immense man walked into the President's room. Mr. Coolidge shook hands and throwing back his head looked up at Firpo. "Well," drawled Mr. Coolidge, "you certainly look all that your records have made us imagine...
...candidate probably never saw the man. He never directed a glance toward...
...people ought to decide on the guilt of the accused. The people found them guilty and they were condemned last year to imprisonment for life with hard labor. Radoslavoff, in Berlin, called it laughable; the unfortunate eleven condemned ex-Ministers (one died in prison, one was still in Berlin) saw nothing funny in the situation...
...options at 75 cents a bushel. Last May corn prices slumped badly and forced Cutten to buy heavily to sustain prices. But this proved a blessing in disguise, for bad weather injured the crop, and the scanty prospective supply rose in price in consequence. After predicting $1.00 corn, Cutten saw it sell...
Rowing. Undistracted by the tumult around them, never daunted by the sights they saw, eight much-lauded Yale oarsmen rowed Toronto University (Canada), Italy, Great Britain "out of sight" on the Seine, became world's champions. Jack Beresford, Jr., of England, Henley single sculls champion, swatted past W. Garrett Gilmore of Philadelphia to the world's singles title (amateur) and the Philadelphia Gold Challenge Cup, emblematic of that honor. Switzerland took the four-oared race with coxswain; Holland the pair-oared without coxswain; Great Britain the four-oared without coxswain...