Word: spent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Italians, of late, have spent much valuable time disputing with Frenchmen. Last week four incidents engaged the interest of newsgatherers, made for bitterness and retractions...
...doors, much to the regret of summer-bored Wealth and Fashion at nearby Southampton. The Evening Post (Republican) reported that the club had had to close down once before this summer-when it was ordered investigated by Governor Smith, who had heard about it during the week he spent at nearby Hampton Bays (TIME, Aug. 13). The hotel syndicate, among whose directors are Vice President George Le Bontellier of the Long Island R. R. and Motorman Walter Chrysler, demanded that the Evening Post prove that it had seen what it said...
...statistics: "Piety comes high, but not one-fifth as high as prettiness. Beauty of all kinds, including cosmetics, facial treatments, care of the hair, cost American women $1,825,000,000 in 1927. . . . During the same period, members of all the Protestant churches in the U. S. and Canada spent only $489,429,076 for foreign and home missions and congregational expenses...
...small-town theology and morality. He would, of course, attack Gov. Smith. But he could not say that Gov. Smith is immoral. Detectives have for a decade, hounded Gov. Smith's present and past. Apparently Gov. Smith has never visited a brothel. Apparently Gov. Smith has never spent so much as an hour in compromising circumstances with any woman. Therefore, Dr. Straton's attack must be "However clean . . . nevertheless...
...landlord, was Abe Wise. This Jew locked his bedroom door, touched his "gat" fondly, but offered Marry the hospitality of excellent bootleg, and introduced Josephine Ruska of the husky voice and dark caressing eyes. Marry fell promptly in love, and as promptly forgot the mysterious Jew. Long evenings he spent in the park loving Josephine's cooing chatter and warm caresses. Long days he tramped the streets bearing his optimistic letter of recommendation from the small town paper. Big town papers, unimpressed, turned him down...