Word: tens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...student wakes up to the buzzing of his alarm clock at twenty minutes to ten. Before he has had time to compose himself for a last nap before his ten o'clock class the Catholic Church east of the Gold Coast chimes a mellifluous quarter hour and it is time for him to get up. At Arthur's ten minutes later it is still quarter to ten; so, reassured, he sits down to hearty breakfast. At ten precisely he begins his leisurely stroll to class until he casually glances up at the Memorial Hall to find to his consternation that...
...float, entitled "The Gods of Our Ancestors," moved into view and its commander threw Mayor Walker a ten-pound box of candy, which almost bowled him over. He grinned happily and said: "Don't throw any watermelons...
...Whoever passes a whole night at a gambling table and feels no need the next day to perform at least ten good actions of the first magnitude in order to make up for that indecorous night is unworthy of the name of Fascist gentleman...
...Jail. Ten freshmen of Butler University of Indianapolis, Ind., fled to a jail rather than submit to further rough initiations at the hands of members of the Tau Kappa Tau fraternity. They played cards, sang songs, ate food supplied by the father of one of them. Big TKT men promised "action" when the freshmen left jail...
...figures in one Louis Sherwin's "Report on the Music Industry" in the March American Mercury are high enough to be incredible. He estimates that Paderewski earned $1,000,000 from concerts in two years, that ten other instrumentalists and singers* had earning capacities which equaled or exceeded Paderewski's. He also notes: "One young pianist of quite recent reputation was paid $12,000 for a week at a movie theatre. Thereupon, Kreisler refused an offer of $15,000 for a similar adventure, not on the ground that it was beneath his artistic dignity, but because...