Word: understood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tempered professor, he observed, 'You know, Mr. Briggs, that it is easy to touch a match to him.' I remember his showing me certain inscriptions that he had written for an arch at the World's Fair in Chicago. When I asked him whether they would fill what I understood to be the allotted space, he answered, 'Oh, the arch is all covered with women and horses...
...recent visit of the British Prime Minister, besides paying the way for an international arms conference, has focused attention on the British Labour Party whose rapid rise to power since the war is generally so little understood in this country. The Vagabond has always held a rather confused idea of this party which has twice given Britain a socialist government. A mixture of lofty idealism and practical politics which seems to have succeeded in selling a left wing government to one of the world's most conservative communities certainly presents a fascinating subject. This morning the Vagabond intends to clear...
...first, "St. Francis Receiving the Stymata" is a Giotto, or a near-Giotto, and its quality has been favorably compared with the one in Paris. It is understood to be the discovery of Count Guoli, the foreign agent of the Metropolitan Museum...
...Sklarek brothers came from the East after the War, have been prominent figures in Berlin's night life. Where bands blared loudest, where dimples were deepest, there were the Sklareks. Head waiters understood that the bounteous brothers held valuable contracts from the Berlin municipal government for clothing, uniforms, hospital linen. Unfortunately Sklarek commissions could not keep up with the cost of Sklarek champagne. The Sklareks "arranged" for cash advances to the sum of $2,000,000 from Berlin's municipally operated City Bank...
...Vagabond feels to belong especially to his province, some things which so well suit his particular inclinations that he greets their each fresh appearance as he would an old friend. One of these standbys is the frequent recital held in connection with various music courses. So it is easily understood why the Vagabond will turn his path this morning at eleven towards the Pierlan Room of the Music Building where he will hear Mr. Malcolm Holmes, Mr. Carl Miller, and Professor Ballantine play the Beethoven Trio in C minor for violin, cello, and piano...