Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whole it is a good thing that he should be well rounded; at least, he will now be able to roll smoothly and comfortably through life. If he was born into the world with normal interests and average abilities, if his main ambition is to obtain a good job, settle down, pay his bills, and in other ways become a respectable member of the community, college will have given him the proper equipment. His concentration will have given him sufficient knowledge and training to hold his job; his distribution will have endowed him with certain stimulating outside interests to serve...
...what there are. The cast is alright; it may even be the same as that which played in New York as far as we can remember, (though of course the costumes are a little dirtier by this time). But all of this just goes to prove that the important thing about it all is the unimportance of minor details like these. The Marx brothers are distinctly the show, and by all means see them now for they may not be in these parts for a long time to come. The censor may even get them for making the audience laugh...
...that of most famous thrower of monkey wrenches in the machinery of progress. On his own representation, he blocked the famous Geneva conference for a trifling monetary consideration. That he bent every effort toward doing so, there is no doubt. That he was paid to do just that thing, the corporations which gave him the money are endeavoring to disprove. The situation is disagreeable to every one except, perhaps, Mr. Shearer, who appears to derive the pleasures of life in what must be termed at best, unusual ways...
...black shadow. As yet the shadow has not settled definitely over more than a single individual; the Senate's findings are still far from complete and fairness as well as a decent confidence in American institutions demands a complete suspension of judgement until all the evidence is in. One thing, however, seems moderately clear, the institution of lobbying in general is in need of as thorough investigation as that given to any specific case however noxious...
That's what it was--a bar. The piece of pipe was the foot rest and there were shelves in the thing for the storage of an ample supply of bottles...