Word: strengthe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mississippi two years ago had 25,000 members, now has about 18,000. Its strength is in cities and towns. Except for the state convention which nominated candidates to the 1924 Democratic National Convention, it has largely refrained from politics and chiefly confined itself to giving "tips" to prohibition agents on how to catch bootleggers...
There is no sign of play-acting in the graceful movements of the Polynesians. Their skins are brown and smooth; litheness and strength and daring. The shutter has caught them working, laughing, and idling the sunny hours away. One feels somehow that they have never known dissatisfaction and worry, that they have never grown up. But see the picture, before we tell you too much about...
...with a fraction over 50 points", said Coach Farrell yesterday in commenting on Saturday's meeting. "There are 116 points for distribution this year and we have set out goal at 58 points this year. Half of the points would insure a victory and we aim to utilize our strength in the track events to run up a safe margin. In the six track events, excepting the high hurdles there will be a distribution of 54 points of which we expect to capture...
...Crown Prince Leopold and Premier Viscount Poullet were about to receive the War standards of several disbanded Belgian regiments at the National Army Museum. Scattered throughout the crowd of 40,000 persons who witnessed this ceremony, the fledgling Fascists created a terrific uproar: "Keep the Army at full strength! Down with Poullet! Hang him! Vive la Belgique immortelle! Hurrah for Prince Leopold! The Army forever...
...raise of $1,000, lifted a forefinger, waved a catalog or merely jerked their heads. One dealer made most of his bids by leaning back and nonchalantly tugging the coat of an auctioneer who stood near him and who appeared to translate these tugs into dollars according to their strength. The most interesting item on the fourth day was a pair of William and Mary walnut chairs sold to Alvin T. Fuller (Governor of Massachusetts) for $1100. Receipts for four days of the sale totaled $490,200. And still, in the soft red room, the fluid light poured and eddied...