Word: tens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ten prizes were distributed, from $2,000 in gold and a large silver plaque for Miss Universe, to $100 consolation prizes for minor beauties. Miss Brazil did not even place, was dubbed Miss Also Ran by irreverent telegraphers...
...Ten blasts were blown on the Maracaibo's whistle. At this pre-arranged signal motor trucks loaded with guns and ammunition careened down to the pier. The munitions were stolen from Fort Amsterdam, three of whose 71 defenders had been killed in the raid...
...good reason for killing him and because you have read the title. This part of the picture is nicely constructed and told with some good shots of a Hollywood studio?the only ones that have come along for quite a while. When the actor is found dead on Stage Ten you stay to find out who killed him? his wife, his director, the nightwatchman's daughter, or her brother, or the nightwatchman, or the fellow who is in love with her. You guess all the time that the director did it, so you are disappointed to find...
...Fear of Negro progress, not of Negro crime. "The tendency to direct mob violence against successful Negroes has been especially noticeable during the past ten years of lynching...
...recommended plan for a flying club is this: charter members, preferably ten and not more than 30, put up a total of $6,000. This will provide $4,600 for a typical sport or club plane approved by the Department of Commerce; $200 for operating expenses and $1,200 (approximately 25% of plane cost) for reserve. Dues for flying members should be $15 per annum, for non-flying members $25. Dues will buy memberships in the National Aeronautic Association...