Word: usual
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Edwards was there to inspect public utilities. Mayor Rolph of San Francisco was there on a holiday, with his high boots tucked under his trousers (as always) and wearing the first straw hat of the season. Just before Mayor-elect Edwards arrived, Mayor James J. Walker left town, as usual to make a speech...
...above deeds and why remained a mystery-the usual Chicago bombing mystery. Posters were tacked on fences and poles throughout the city, advertising $65,000 in rewards for information concerning the Deneen and Swanson pineapplers. Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, State's Attorney Crowe and others were sponsors of the rewards. Meanwhile, Chief of Police Michael Hughes reported: "It is almost impossible to trace bombers. There are 50 places in the city where dynamite can be purchased just as a person buys a package of cigarets...
President Calles, it is safe to say, would not have signed the new regulations, last week, except for the fact that the U. S. now has in Mexico City a new and abler-than-usual Ambassador, Dwight Whitney Morrow, onetime Morgan partner. By large business methods and with a Morgan-sized grasp of essentials, Mr. Morrow has, in four months, cut the oil snarl which has embittered the U. S. and Mexico for a full decade...
...usual plan is for a team of three or four men to go out together over a week-end. During this time they take charge of meetings, give talks, and attempt to meet as many people as possible. All expenses are paid, and accommodations provided by the place visited...
...discussion groups and social service work. Two groups have been active throughout the year. The economics group, led by J. H. Sheldon 1G, chairman, has been particularly interested in problems of international policy. The religious discussion group met under the leadership of C. W. Lowry ETS, Chairman. The usual dances with the Graduate School of Radcliffe were held, one in the fall and one in the spring. The average attendance at these dances was about 200. Providing a social occasion for graduate students, they have made possible a common meeting ground for the graduate students of Harvard and Radcliffe...