Word: sented
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Third problem was rounding up the prisoners, who, out on bail, were still conducting their businesses and living in their homes. Several sent brothers, friends or other proxies to answer to their names and numbers. One morning 13 prisoners arrived several minutes after proceedings had started. Judge Knox had to threaten to keep all the accused in jail until the conclusion of the trial if attendance records did not show an improvement...
Founders of new religions are apt to announce that they have been sent by God, that their teaching is divinely inspired, themselves the definitive prophet. Not so Religionist Charles Francis Potter. Last week he hired a hall (Steinway) in Manhattan, packed it (capacity 244), turned away hundreds. Making no audible claims to prophetic succession, he announced "Humanism" and handed out prospectuses thereof...
...reporters Architect Warren wrathfully snorted: "The greater share of the money Mr. Hoover sent consisted of the residue of the Belgian Relief Fund, which by the will of the donors already belonged to the Belgian people...
Czechoslovakia's official press service soon fulminated that President Masaryk had never spoken as quoted by Dr. Rajniss, did not deny that the interview had taken place, could not down widespread belief that the President had sent up a trial balloon...
...games that the West Point combination received its worst set-back, that in 1899 when Harvard piled up a total of 29 points to its opponent's 0. During this stretch, too, the aspiring generals succeeded in making their only score prior to last year's game when they sent over a touchdown...