Word: talked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exciting, but very limited. After Madrid, Mr. Moore would find it paltry if not provincial. And aside from the absurd Tacna-Arica dispute, in which the U. S. is a laughed-at arbiter, no momentous Peruvian problem awaits solution by a stalwart U. S. patriot. True, there is talk that U. S. bankers are planning handsome developments, which is to say exploitations, in Peru. But Mr. Moore, with all the money a man could decently desire, is far above being a dollar diplomatist. All he might gain is greater familiarity with financial bigwigs, and that he could compass...
...Philadelphia, it became general talk that plans were on foot for a $15,000,000 opera house to have two auditoriums-one of 3,500-4,000 capacity for orchestral concerts, for the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company and for visits of the Metropolitan; the other of 1,200-1,500 for the Philadelphia forum and intimate recitals...
Evangelist Sunday made another prophecy, anent his stop in St. Louis. "We'll talk about the campaign we held here for millions of years." he said. With parables and epigrams he summarized the serious topic of his sermon, Eternal Life: "Man tries to whitewash himself when God wants to wash him white. . . . Don't let God hang a 'For Rent' sign in the mansion he's prepared...
...largest number of Freshmen in years responded to the first call for spring practice in tennis yesterday at a meeting in the Freshman Gymnasium. Captain B. H. Whitbeck '29 and Coach Harry Cowies gave a short talk to the men on fundamental points and matters of training...
...Club's show in Boston one Princess Jacqueline, French bull from Bangor, Maine, answered questions logically, in a thin, high-pitched voice like a parrot's, "I will . . . I won't . . . Bangor . . . elevator." Her owner, Mrs. Mabel A. Robinson, explained proudly that Jacqueline had learned to talk "all by herself...