Word: spot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...immigration service commented on the Geddes report. Eight months have passed since the inspection was made and conditions are now somewhat altered. There is a new Commissioner at Ellis Island; some of the reviewing of cases which was formerly done at Washington is now done on the spot, and plans are under way for examining immigrants abroad...
...Ellis island was " a vale of tears." Mr. Curran further added that " Americanization " speeches took place in the days when Mr. Wallis was campaigning to become Mayor of New York-that immigrants were herded into the hot sun while Mr. Wallis and his followers addressed them from a shaded spot. One account (not specifically attributed to Mr. Curran) related that one of Mr. Wallis' friends addressed the immigrants, saying: " My friends, you have heard Commissioner Wallis mentioned for Mayor of this great city, but he is a greater man than that." Ditto for Governor of New York. Ditto...
...pleasant combination sandwich is to be found in: a shady spot, a long-chair, a lazy feeling, tobacco and a bound volume of some magazine...
Excepting Mile. Lenglen's retreat before the fury of Mrs. Mallory's play in 1921, no national women's finals has been so decisive in a decade. The Pacific Coast champion's strokes struck like lightning? never in the spot where her opponent waited. Her second serve smarted as sharply as her first. Her incredible ability to cover court served as an immovable defence...
That enterprising impresario, Max Rabinoff, announced the establishment of the American Institute of Operatic Art at Stony Point, N. Y., historical spot where Mad Anthony Wayne did certain prodigies, which themselves, as related in school histories, have an operatic flavor. This new musical establishment, it is stated, will contain a great variety of beneficent marvels. Singers will be taught. Operas will be given, including American operas. Singers will be given opportunities to appear in actual performances and to get routine experience. American composers will be invited to bring their scores and have them tried out in rehearsal...