Word: sets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...criminals and acting chairman of the whole; Franklin Delano Roosevelt as chairman of a committee on legal education; F. Trubee Davison as executive committeeman -last week published a report by Mr. Lowden's committee. Written by Commissioner Louis Newton Robinson, experienced professor of economics and criminology, this report set forth, as prime cause of crime's prevalence in the U. S., "the lack of average intelligence in the police force, particularly in the supervisory branches...
...Dolly Sisters (2) set the pace of fortune by announcing that they had won a total of $820,000 during the present season of baccarat at Cannes, French Riviera. During the week King Christian X of Denmark, now at Cannes, deemed it worth, his royal while to stand for half an hour near Miss Rosie Dolly while she plunged at baccarat and won 4,000,000 francs ($160,000) in a single afternoon. Friends of the Dollys could only beam and recall a few of the piquant events which have transpired since they were born simultaneously, 35 years...
...upon it, and spoke crisply: "I have here 15 pounds of high explosives. Unless you are willing to give me 112,000 marks, in cash, for reasons which I shall explain, this building will be blown off the earth. I have my hand on the fuse and I shall set off the bomb the moment my request is refused...
...have seen hundreds of these people driven into churches, and with doors locked, set on fire, while troopers open the roof and pick off dozens with rifle shots Starving, and under such circumstances as this yet, they will not beg or accept charity. They are an exceedingly dignified race...
Approximately 50 men will be present at the final banquet of the International Council in the Phillips Brooks House tonight at 7.15 o'clock. The occasion will be very informal and no special topic has been set for discussion...