Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...League of Nations and the Protection of Minorities," Sir Herbert Ames, Harvard...
...Sir Thomas Malory," Professor Maynadier, Emerson...
...League of Nations and the Protection of Minorities," Sir Herbert Ames, Harvard...
...Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, for 36 years medical missionary to Labrador fishermen, toured the U. S., took notes, then told a Montreal audience of his findings: "Whiskey is $10 a quart in Chicago. ... It is said that prohibition has been a failure in New York but I learned that societies which used to care for neglected children have closed their doors for want of something to do. Prohibition is the best thing that ever struck...
...revealed when a manager of a hotel in that city received a letter from a guest to the effect that a bellboy had refused to get him any refreshment more satisfactory than grape juice in spite of all inducements. Very emphatically, if a trifle ungrammatically, he replied: "Sorry, sir, I can't help you out in no way, shape or form." Fortunately the manager recognized virtue at its true worth and held a ceremony at which the youth was given a gold medal and several speeches of commendation...