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Word: spendings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Junior Dances of recent years have proved very conclusively that a fair cross-section of the class is not represented. Consequently, in the event that the Prom is not even a class gathering, those who seek a lively evening of entertainment might well follow their own instincts and spend their money to greater advantage elsewhere. Sincerely yours, Kenneth T. Howe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diminuendo | 1/19/1929 | See Source »

...next day Mr. Bingham will spend the morning visiting the St. Paul Central High School. At lunch he will be the guest of the Athletic Committee of the University of Minnesota, and following this, he will address a special gathering of students from the University of Minnesota, where a dinner will be given to Mr. Bingham in the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BINGHAM TO TOUR THE MIDDLE WEST | 1/18/1929 | See Source »

...young men who sing "For God, for country and for Yale." They are, it appears, "on the make." Before going to college they begin looking for prominent roommates; at college they arise at 5 o'clock in the morning to seek advertising for "The Yale News," and they spend their week ends on Long Island and Park Avenue, ostensibly dancing with debutantes but really seeking the acquaintance of prominent business men. The goal of undergraduate life at Yale, according to Mr. Pringle, is to make a final club, having achieved which the young man concentrates upon more prominent acquaintances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 1/15/1929 | See Source »

...imprisonment before her ten children were born. When one has violated the Constitution four times, he or she is proved to be an habitual criminal and should be segregated from society to prevent the production of subnormal offsprings."* It appeared at least possible, however, that Mrs. Miller would not spend the rest of her life as Convict No. 1289. Michi gan's Governor Fred W. Green has already expressed the opinion that the "habitual criminal" act is somewhat drastic in its application to liquor law offenses. It is also thought that the Michigan Legislature will amend the state prohibition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: From And After | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

...planting, cultivating and harvesting. The Russians want him to put his system to work on 10,000,000 acres of wheat and flax land. His project may lead to the purchase of $100,000,000 worth of U. S. farm machinery. The Russians also want Mr. Campbell to spend three months each year with them. On that invitation he was not determined before he sailed from Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Soviet Invitations | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

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