Word: spent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Many men owe him much. He has spent his years giving help, not asking favors. About the only thing he ever asked was to be named for Vice President in 1920. He was hurt when his friends replied then with a mere gesture. Hence his "no stalking horse" proviso this time...
Surrounded by prizefight photographs, kewpie dolls, china figurines, flowers, bronze elephants and tinted photographs of himself, Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago spent an active week at his political headquarters in the Hotel Sherman. He was a busy, busy...
...whole the day was spent pleasantly enough, families finding amusement in shouting to each other across the streets, joking and laughing, while the children invented new games and, without fear, postured insultingly at their enemies...
...state, national and foreign work the association last year spent $57,125,000. The year before expenditures were $54,161,000; ten years...
...John Burgoyne was born in London in 1722. The family was of good old stock. . . ." Gentleman Johnny, like many a brave young man of his day or of any day, spent his youth in riotous and genial diversions. A soldier but not inelegant, he wrote a letter to a lord and signed...