Word: spot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dazed, he looks for an old landmark. What? No "Pill Box"? Only a traffic policeman marks the spot. With filmed eye and tottering limb, he makes for him. But rashly, for the released traffic leaps forth. Down goes the stranger. The officer's arms gyrate madly. A snort of disgust--"Top slow...
Boston, furthermore, is a singularly auspicious spot in which to launch a psychic society, for it has always been rich in psychic material. It is sufficient to mention the names of Mrs. Piper, the most famous medium who ever lived, Mrs. Soule, Mr. Foss, and "Margery...
Word came from China that Hsuan Tung, alias P'u-yi, alias Henry, nicknamed "Harry," once Son of Heaven or Emperor of China*, was marooned last week at Tientsin, city a few miles south of Peking and a convenient jumping-off spot for Japan...
...filibuster", he said, has the result of a senatorial law which has no means of effectively restricting the length of speeches by members. It has long been the blight of the senate and on attacking it, in his so-called inaugural address. Mr. Dawes afforded the only bright spot in what was otherwise a very dull day at Washington...
...center of the background, is a large altar, backed by a beautifully decorated stained window. The altar is the gift of Mr. R. W. Hickox '72, who presented it in 1907 when the chapel was repaired and dedicated anew to the memory of John Harvard. The altar marks the spot where Harvard was baptised, and where his father lies buried...