Word: shading
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Republicans never tire of reminding the country of the nationwide depression which occurred during the first winter (1893-94) of President Stephen Grover Cleveland's second term. Last week in Chicago, however, the shade of Grover Cleveland was invoked to help out an optimistic lottery scheme of Republican Mayor William Hale Thompson's "to set the wheels of business going within 90 days." The Thompson plan: stores in Chicago and vicinity are to give away numbered tickets-bearing the portrait of Mayor Thompson-with every 25 purchase. Those who draw the winning tickets will receive prizes amounting...
...John Ovelman of Illinois had blocked an Ohio State punt a shade less perfectly the ball might have stayed where he could fall on it for a touchdown, but it became a safety by bouncing over the end-zone line. Ohio State 12, Illinois...
...Alyn Warren as Lo Sang Kee, the cultured and dignified old Chinaman and E. G. Robinson as the vulgar and blatant half caste, Charlie Young. Lewis Ayres makes an ornamental hero and Lupe Velez has her moments, but she has a tendency towards overacting and is a shade too kittenish for a demure Chinese doll. In short the excellent direction and casting save it from being just another one of those pictures...
...qualified in swimming he has the privilege of canoeing on the Hudson or swimming in Delafield Pond, a beautiful little artificial pool nestling in an arm of the rolling hills above the Plain. It the cadet is lazy he may take a red comforter, compose himself in the shade of Ft. Clinton parapet, and sleep the afternoon away...
...made her quicker coming about. Still, it was a good race, the closest yet, and on the Erin Sir Thomas Lipton was enjoying it. He was standing on the bridge, looking off at the boats, when suddenly he stiffened. He put up one of his big old hands to shade his eyes, and for a moment the other watchers, too, failed to understand what had happened...