Word: stay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hand, led them dancing and prancing back to the gate. There they spied Mrs. Hoover in hiding. "Grandmother!" they whooped and rushed into her arms. Thus did the President's grandchildren -Herbert III, 4; Peggy Anne, 5; Joan, 6 months - come to the White House for a long stay. A four-room nursery suite was ready for them on the top floor. ¶ A bride & groom were entertained at White House luncheon - Cinema Tsar Will H. Hays and the onetime Mrs. Jessie Herron Stutesman. ¶ Mrs. Henry Drought asked President Hoover to attend the sooth anniversary celebration...
...Icarus, according to Greek myth, flew with a pair of wax-affixed wings made by his father, Daedalus. He ignored his father's warning to stay clear of the sun, crashed when the heat melted his wing...
...icebreaker Sedov discovered two new Arctic islands near the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia. They named them Wise and Kameniev Islands after two expedition members. They suspected their finds were part of a large archipelago. Some of the party went ashore on Fridtjof Nansen Land for a cold year's stay to operate the world's most northerly radio station...
...music is ordinary and does not stay in the head except for "So beats my heart for you," introduced very probably to correct this fault with special permission of the copyright owners. The headliners are not as tuneful as might be expected, the second leading man having the best voice and that only fair...
...College the student will not have to attend classes unless so moved; he will get no formal grades, take no formal examinations (unless he wants to find out how he is getting along) until he is ready to take a comprehensive examination. If he fails this he may 1) stay in the College or 2) leave it. If he passes he may 1) leave the university honorably, taking no degree or 2) go into a Division, there to take harder courses in small, seminar groups, in preparation for a degree. The Divisions will offer all degrees save those which...