Word: spot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their tempers until nerves sustained by peppermints and Pomeranians could stand it no longer. The line cracked and broke and in a few seconds the splendid hall seethed like hell's own kitchen. The few police were power-less-what could mere men do? More were hurried to the spot without effect, until finally firemen were appealed to to quiet burning Scotland, and with a double cordon of the sterner sex-firmly established, the election continued to its end when, as in a recent Mexican affair, "not much blooded was reported...
...visiting markets in Berlin to punish profiteers. Plain clothes policemen patrol the market place, and on finding that an excessive price has been charged, or on hearing any complaint they immediately arrest the offending dealer and take him before the court. Justice is meted out on the spot, and the result is that prices have been considerably reduced. The city officials hope that these courts will end the food riots which have resulted from the exorbitant demands made by the merchants...
...University means anything. Last year Duane was defeated by W. McC. Washburn '15, who ranked tenth among players in the United States for 1922, and Duane and Pfaffman were defeated by Washburn and Moore, Pfaffman's defeat of Dwight F. Davis '00, former national champion, was a bright spot in the match...
...hard-working mother-in-law, whose voice was "an echo of the spirit of '76," a not altogether unamiable creature. Young Eddie follows the general literary pattern of small boys. He tries to chloroform the cat, gets bad marks at school, is beloved. The daughter, Adelaide, is the high spot of the Pinney family. She is gifted with a budding intelligence which begins to blossom under the beneficent influence of her pleasant if uninteresting romance with a book agent whom she finally marries. Adelaide is the Carol Kennicott, the Lulu Bett, the Leda Perrin of Poor Pinney. She gropes vaguely...
...order to gain admission to this country. Artists are exempt from immigration quotas, and as a result there have been a horde of impromptu "artists" on all arriving steamships. Signer de Arba proved his status by cablegrams from Rio de Janeiro-not by demonstrating his skill upon the spot...