Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Governor insisted that the whole thing was a "frame-up" and that advantage had been taken of the "unsophisticated nature" of his son, whom he had asked to deliver the pardon...
...worst thing that can happen to anybody is to grow up. Growing old is only part of it; if you don't grow up, how can you grow old? People start by making believe they are grown up and then, the first thing they know, they are. The look at their faces, which have gotten lined or baggy or twisted with pretending to be grown up, and they say "That is I." Sometimes they say "That is me"; then there is still hope for them. A. A. Milne, who wrote this book, is not like these people...
...than grouching, for the piers themselves rested on a weak foundation which delved little below the crypt. The only way to keep St. Paul's from replacing London Bridge in the famed nursery rhyme was to remove the dome and deepen the foundation. In short, some said one thing, some another. The Dean was rather confused than relieved...
...cannot get the one you want, the one you get may be O. K. and it may not. What we are going to do is to train orchestras so that, if you order one from us anywhere in the U. S., you will always get the same thing and know what you are getting...
Some church boards have rented offices. We have a Presbyterian book shop on one of the upper floors and a Methodist book shop on the first floor. One thing we don't have in the building is a cigar store. We could have rented a corner for this purpose at $9,000, but we preferred to rent it for a candy store for $3,000 less...