Word: take
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many a year will Germans find a statesman to take the place in world politics of Gustav Stresemann. But last week they found a man to take the late famed Foreign Minister's vacant seat in the Reichstag...
...Kansas State Board of Health also pronounced on kissing last week, issued a guide for kissers. Among other "don'ts" were the following: 1) Never kiss in a crowd, but if you must, take a hot mustard foot bath and avoid drafts if you feel "all in" afterward; 2) guard against sudden changes in temperature when kissing; 3) at a party where "postoffice" and similar games are played, be sure to gargle frequently...
...Nadir has always been more than loyal to me," said he with emotion. "But if he thinks his victory entitles him to the throne of Afghanistan then let him take it. Moreover I would be willing to be his minister to Rome. Just fancy, I, his one time master...
...Seltzer, Inc. High in Baltimore's skyline is the bottle-capped top of the Bromo Seltzer Tower building which contains the offices of the Emerson Drug Co., manufacturers of Bromo Seltzer since 1891. Last week a new holding company, Emerson's Bromo Seltzer, Inc., was formed to take over Emerson Drug and the Maryland Glass Corp. Once making only Bromo Seltzer bottles, Maryland Glass devotes now only about 25% of its business to the famed blue bottle, has an annual capacity of 72,00,000 bottles. Over the company will still preside rotund, hard-playing Capt. Isaac Emerson...
...these graduates served in subordinate positions throughout the war, their services won commendation, and many were brevetted for gallantry in action. In 1817 Major Sylvanus Thayer, a graduate of Dartmouth and West Point and a veteran of 1812, was appointed Superintendant of the Academy. He was especially qualified to take charge of West Point; his system, many parts of which are evident at the present time, for sixteen years had the greatest influences on cadet life...