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Word: sayed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Long, long before we reached the camel compound we smelt not All that Mr. Kipling said regarding the festive "Oont" is quite true, but he didn't say half enough; he was writing for publication. Any animal that crunches the tough, green, desert, cactus, which bears hard, white spines two inches long, and enjoys it, doesn't deserve to be classed as an animal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alumnus Tells of Raids, Escapes, and Revelry in the Sahara Desert | 1/8/1927 | See Source »

...Europeans, I broke out a bottle of Mr. Hennessey's famous product, of the third magnitude, and we proceeded to wax very friendly. Presently, the Lieutenant felt constrained to sing of the charms peculiar to a certain lady from Armentieres, wherenon I retaliated with a spirited, I say advisedly, rendering of "Sweet Adeline." Then in semiunison we sang "Madelon" and other songs, while shrinking camels tried to uproot picket pins and the natives applauded deliriously. Oh, it was a splendid party and a good time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alumnus Tells of Raids, Escapes, and Revelry in the Sahara Desert | 1/8/1927 | See Source »

...There is nothing similar to Harvard's magnificent business center. No other American university has anything like it. It is complete in every detail and surpassingly beautiful. Am I being facetious when I say that all it lacks is a golf course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHARTON SCHOOL HEAD LAUDS BUSINESS PLANT | 1/7/1927 | See Source »

Park--Tommy--8.15 o'clock. Well, this is slated to reach Broadway, or so the backers say...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOARDS AND BILLBOARDS | 1/6/1927 | See Source »

...Recently," continued Miss Bainter vivaciously, "there have been repeated accusations of salaciousness hurled at the modern play. Some writers have gone so far as to say that the sole support of the present day drama is the 'savoursome' side and its potalulity. This is untrue. The present day plays have intrinsic merit enough to hold the interest of the audience. This can hardly be said of the French farce which is--well--very risque...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAY BAINTER NOT AT ALL WORRIED ABOUT STAGE | 1/6/1927 | See Source »

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