Word: tres
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...result of the ending of Mexico's religious troubles 80 nuns were ordered released from the penal islands of Tres Marias (The Three Marys). But Madre Maria Concepcion Acebedo de la Llata, "intellectual author" of the murder of President-Elect Alvaro Obregon (TiME, Sept. 3, et seq.) remained behind...
...Washington railroad yards one night and handed over $198,000 in Liberty Bonds, supplementing this sum with $35,000 at his Manhattan office some days later. He was supposed to be buying a one-third interest in a run-down ranch of Fall's at Tres Rios (Three Rivers), N. Mex. They were going to turn the ranch into a country-club. But no club eventuated. Fall used the money to pay off debts and improve the property...
...chest!" Senator Walsh believed the witness and shook him by the hand when the hearing closed, as did Senator Kendrick. But before Son-in-law Everhart left Washington, two other facts were established: a) that Sinclair waved aside the stock certificate for his third of the "Tres Rios Club," telling Everhart to put it away for him at Tres Rios, b) that the "Tres Rios Club" never materialized. All that happened was that Father-in-law Fall paid off some debts on the old homestead. Commenting last week on his son-in-law's so belated testimony, Father...
Back of the last row in a famed Parisian theatre, an old man leaned heavily on his cane. A bushy white beard he had, and silken hair on his head, tres distingue...
Loud cries of "tres bien" from all parts of the Chamber...