Word: spaciousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...break down intelligence through weakness of character, and goodness through stupidity. All without success. You, O Men of Harvard, have remained intelligent, rich, and happy, the combination invincible. You live in a heaven Utopists have been dreaming about for centuries, companionship, games, regular, plentiful food and drink, clean, spacious housing, music everywhere you wish, no particular work, plenty of leisure for the pursuit of learning, splendid pedagogues, unbelievable intellectual facilities in the way of libraries, tutors, lectures...
...spacious home next door to that of Cigarman Otto Eisenlohr in West Philadelphia, Mr. Fels was shocked to learn that so much information has been disclosed to the public. "I don't know how it got out," said the bearded old gentleman sadly...
Inquisitive young men, professional peace lovers, retired businessmen, pretty maidens, frumpy matrons, distinguished-looking Negroes, seedy individuals who frequent places of political excitement, occupied half the spacious floor of the barnlike Senate Caucus Room one morning last week. As representatives of the People, on neat rows of chairs, they sat silent and well-behaved, staring at the hurly-burly in the other half of the room...
...dance will be held in the spacious dining room of Dudley Hall, which has been decorated for the occasion with evergreen trees, streamers, and wall decorations...
Meteorological cataclysms were the terror of Blennerhassett's life. At the approach of thunderstorms, he bolted all the windows, buried himself in bed. Consequently, he built his island home of wood "to resist earthquakes." A noble edifice with two spacious wings, its lawns and gardens were as fine as any in England. Inside, "foreign frescoes colored the ceilings, the walls were hung with costly pictures, and the furniture, imported from Paris and London, was rich, costly and tasteful." The dining room sideboard offered a hospitality as fine as could be found in Virginia, for Blennerhassett Island, discovered by Surveyor...