Word: short
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their pleasure was short-lived. When President Hoover, who had not witnessed the demonstration, heard about it, he set a presidential precedent by ordering the paraders released, with this explanation...
...command to build was issued by the I.C.C. at the request of the Oregon Public Service Commission and over the protest of the Union Pacific. The new line would connect Crane, Ore., on the Oregon Short Line (subsidiary of Union Pacific) with Crescent Lake, Ore., on the Southern Pacific. Its proponents declare that it will open up a potentially rich region in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, while its railroad opponents see the new line as economically unsound. Cost of construction is estimated at $9,900,000. The fundamental principle involved?whether the I.C.C. can command as well...
...this foundation, the author builds a singularly pungent tale of ship yards, cotillions, the rigours of a mid-winter passage of the Horn, the frenzy of the Gold Rush, the economics of the China Trade--in short, the spirit of those adventuresome times...
Professor Hurlbut was taken ill less than three weeks ago, and after a short period of sickness was taken to the hospital for an operation, which was performed on December 11. His condition was considered critical for a time but he seemed to be on the road to recovery right up until last night. The exact nature of his illness was not revealed...
...this short volume Harrison S. Morris weaves around his reminiscences of Walt Whitman a rough outline of the poet's life and a valuation of his work. It is the sort of semi-personal biographical essay that has been written so often before, and which is important, if at all, because of the new first hand information it lends to the study of this lyrist of democracy...