Word: sittings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...such times his Russian wife would sit still, puzzled by this talk of fights far away in a land that she did not know. The Russians said they would bury some of his assets in the Kremlin wall. . . . Clarence Darrow said: "I'm glad to hear he is dead ... He was unhappy...
...management of the theatre has announced that for entrance to the the are on Saturday evening, members of the club are to show their club cards to the doorman. All members will sit together in a specially reserved section of the theatre...
...logical conclusion indicated by this initiation of the audience into the inner circle is that the intercollegiate debate will become a forum. With the decision resting in its own hands, the audience will not be content silently to sit back and let its opinions be tossed about a half dozen young men in tuxedos. It will demand and assume a voice in the argument. This contingency will heighten the competition between the two teams by swelling the ranks of the opposition. If something of the intercollegiate flavor is lost by thus admitting the commoner, the gain is a notable...
Third: The 20 Directors of General Electric have such vastly ramifying interests that one or more of them sit on the Boards of 200 (mostly great) U. S. corporations, from the Adirondacks Power & Light Corp. alphabetically to the Workman's Loan Association of Boston. And one of its Directors, George Fisher Baker Jr. 51, is the only man in the U. S. who sits on the Boards of four of the country's eleven billion-dollar corporations. His are General Electric, General Motors, A. T. & T., U. S. Steel. In that bridge-like respect he is the most potent...
...Court inspected the young man. He seemed alert, intelligent. Sir Leo stated that his own actions on the night in question were merely to take Miss Savage, 22, whom he had known about six months, to dinner, and later to stroll & sit with her in the park. The Court looked again upon the young man, pondered, proceeded to acquit Sir Leo & Miss Savage, and lastly assessed costs of ?10 ($49) against the two too officious bobbies. As Miss Savage left the court the young man swept her into his arms and hugged...