Word: stay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...action takes place shortly after the departure of the University Glee Club from that country. The plot hangs about the adventures of one Reginaid Beacon, a member of the club, who through an unfortunate mishap, is left behind with the baggage when the club goes away. During his enforced stay in the middle European republic, young Beacon has the varied experiences of running a hotel, straightening out the political tangles of the deposed kings of two small principalities, Platagravia and Czecho-Khorsaat, acting as social mentor for a plumber-profiteer from Kansas, and falling in love with a disguised princess...
...last of the dormitory crews, or if you go out for football or basketball or baseball and don't make the team", he said, "that is not vitally important, but it is vitally important that you have the spirit to go out for something and to stay with...
Captain Taylor served in the Air Service during the war, for the most part being detailed to observation work from a captive balloon. During the period of his stay on the front line, he was obliged to jump in a parachute from his balloon on four different occasions when attacked by enemy planes. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross...
...reach of reach of their patrons, a thing to be guarded against, but it will prevent them from spreading promiscuousy through the better districts. Certain groups of shops will be allowed even within some residential localities--mostly where small stores have congregated already--but these shops must stay en bloc. After all, the plan is not much different from the limitations at present placed on "restricted" districts, only it is now applied to the whole city. If it has already worked on a small scale, it may be expected to work equally well on a larger...
...until 1896 one of these teams captured the championship each time. There was a period of about 15 years when Yale and Princeton passed first honors back and forth almost regularly. Since those times the so-called "Big Three", although perhaps not losing prestige, have not been able to stay at the top as consistently...