Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that military control be replaced by civilian control. Along with this news, however, came the saddening information that the President thought that the Department of the Interior would be the logical guardian of the Islanders. This plan did not at all please the Filipinos, who saw; in it a step toward making the Islands perpetually a U. S. territory. Filipinos want to be put under the State Department and be sent an Ambassador instead of a Governor General. However, they at least had grounds for hoping that the "Cavalry Cabinet" would soon be dismounted...
...Miss Wills and Señorita de Alvarez walked off the court, the new champion chanced to be a step behind at the gate. Señorita Lilli de Alvarez smiled in friendly fashion, stepped aside, and gestured for Miss Wills to pass. "Queens first!" she said...
...record-breaking run between Milwaukee and Chicago. On October 18, 1916, Sidney Hatch ran from Milwaukee to Chicago, 95.7 miles, in 14 hr., 50 min., and 30 sec., beating the former record made by Al Corey by 3 hr., 16 min., and 30 sec. Hatch ran every step of the way, making only three stops for a total loss of 16 minutes, and finished strong, although he lost ten pounds. He averaged a mile every eight and one-half minutes. After he finished the run he took a large dish of ice-cream and a glass of lemonade and went...
...through its pages blows not a strong and pungent sirocco; instead a slow and tepid wind in which insects may hover lazily. Author Faulkner in this casual and breezy work seems always on the verge of an important irony which he never produces. His second novel is a step up in technique, a step down in importance from his powerful Soldiers...
...losing games with exasperating regularity. After suffering four straight defeats at the hands of the Chicago Cubs, the Giants lost two out of four games to the St. Louis Cardinals. Meanwhile, a newspaper despatch quoted Mr. McGraw as saying: "I am getting tired of traveling and I expect to step out as manager. Hornsby is the man to carry on. The members of the club all swear by Hornsby." Mr. McGraw quickly branded this despatch as false, said: "They always start that report when the team is losing." However, McGraw had praised Hornsby highly on Hornsby Day in St. Louis...