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...those early days . . . the city was a place of culture, the country a land of 'rubes.' . . . Today this may all be reversed. The country may be the land of culture. . . . But we will not get this change in country life without good schools . . . the key which will unlock the country for modern living...
...University Hall should not be made through a window. The woman in the, case desired a copy of the dean's list of students for use as a social register at her coming presentation. But the key which had been given to her for lawful trespass failed to unlock the ancient portal...
Marching en masse to Parliament House the wafd deputies and senators found the great iron gates locked. "Unlock them!" commanded the deputies' president, a wafdist. "So sorry!" apologized the chief of the parliamentary police, "but the key is lost...
...husband of a devoted wife, father of four. This officer last week engaged a berth at Kobe on the night express for Tokyo. Along toward dawn the conductor heard groans from his compartment, knocked diffidently, received no answer, debated for some time before he dared to unlock a staff officer's door...
This made it unnecessary for Chancellor Brüning to unlock his brief case. He put to vote a Communist and Socialist motion of noconfidence, defeated it by the smashing victory...