Word: spendings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been a great privilege to spend the last four years as the representative of the far-extending great empire over which my King rules. I want to extend my thanks to the press of this country for their scrupulous carefulness in reporting me, I want to thank the railroads for the courtesy, the punctilious carefulness, the attention which they have showered upon me, my party?attentions far more extensive than we had right to expect. I want to thank the people throughout the length and breadth of this land?thank them for their unfailing courtesy, their thoughtfulness, their coöperation...
Hendrik Shipstead, senior Senator from Minnesota: "I quit Washington to spend a few days 'in the woods.' Said I: 'I cannot stand too much civilization. Sooner or later I find I must yield to the desire to go back and live something like primeval man. ... I might say in passing that I consider myself the best cook in 14 States...
...There are three opportunities for students to hear good French, to show their appreciation of the efforts of the Cercle Francais, and to spend an enjoyable afternoon. May we hope that they too will make an effort this afternoon, and go in large numbers to the Copley Theatre...
Dear Sir: Having had another Sunday spoiled by the bitter schismatic and unscriptural preaching of the stated supply of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, I desire to give up my pew in the church. The few Sundays that I have free from evangelical work to spend with my family are too precious to be wasted in listening to such dismal, bilious travesty of the gospel. We want to hear about Christ, the Son of God and the Son of Man, not about the Fundamentalists and Modernists, the only subject on which your stated supply seems to have anything...
...name hadn't been up in the lights outside. Henry Hull plays Tony and Carlotta Monterey the losing Rose. With such a group there really was no need for a plot; accordingly they all sit about the exquisite Belasco settings (Maine coast in summer) and simply spend three acts in engaging chatter. Excellent minor contributions are made by Effie Shannon as Tony's mother and by Andrew J. Lawlor, Jr., as the offensive younger brother of the winning Rose...