Word: stays
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Miss Standing is blessed with the role of a vivacious young thing who plays around the stage with all kinds of nods, becks, and wreathed smiles; and when Miss Standing is called upon to frolic, her admirers must either stay away or keep looking steadfastly elsewhere. Mr. Mowbray and Miss Dudgeon and Miss Ediss also ran: the sogginess of the track was too much for everybody...
...John, when roused, is not to bo trifled with. In 1917, at the age of 44, he doffed the stay-at-home security of a cabinet minister (Attorney General, 1913-15; Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 1915-16), and, hopping into a major's uniform, rushed off to serve with the British Royal Air Force in France until the War ended. His prestige is almost equally high among all parties and kinds of Britishers...
Because of this universal tendency, the world is doubly grateful to Amundsen, who gave free admission to his private fight with the elements. By the help of radio and newspaper, many a stay-at-home has gotten a taste of Arctic exploration causing him to shut the window on the warmest of May days...
...bandits. On the North west trade route they discovered some hitherto unreported rock grottoes of the sixth century, A. D. Enough evidence was there found to establish the date, but the sculpture had been badly destroyed during the various Mohametan rebellions which have devastated that part of China. Their stay there was cut short by the unfriendly attitude of the villagers who regarded their investigations with suspicion...
...half years of whale study, it announced last week. A gun will be carried to fire, into every whale sighted, a dart carrying an identification disk. In after years, from reports by capturers of tagged whales, it is hoped to learn whether whales are polygamous or monogamous, rovers or stay-at-homes, old at 25 or young as centenarians...