Word: vacant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...University of Illinois found Element No. 61 among some rare earths and named it illinium (TIME, March 22, 1926). After illinium, which existed in too small quantities to be, put to commercial use, only No. 85 which must resemble iodine and No. 87 which must resemble cesium remained vacant in Mendeleyeff's Periodic Table...
...Thursday, May 17th last, some thousand persons representing a diversity of religious faiths and political creeds assembled in Charlestown, Mass., intending to meet on a vacant lot near the Navy Yard in order to protest the presence of the Nazi propaganda ship, the "Karlsruhe," in Boston harbor. This protest they deemed very necessary in view of the fact that the excessive cordiality of the reception given the German cruiser by Mayor Mansfield and Governor Ely could searcely be distinguished from an expression of approval of the Nazi philosophy and practices...
...bony white mongrel was no longer crawling on his mat. He was walking, slowly, with stiff, dragging hind legs and vacant eyes. He ate regularly but without enthusiasm. Dr. Cornish realized that part of the dog's brain was still dead, might remain so for months or years of apathetic existence...
Merry-Go-Round: Although one year has passed since General MacArthur drove the Bonus Army from the vacant lots on Pennsylvania Avenue, no start has been made to erect Government buildings on them. . . . This was the excuse given to get the BEF to evacuate. General: Meaning . . . that plaintiff's conduct toward said Veterans was unwarranted, unnecessary, arbitrary, harsh and brutal...
...more important, however, that the University lower the prices on House rooms for two reasons. The House Plan would thus be placed within the reach of more students, while the number of vacant high-priced suites in each House would be reduced. It would seem that $350 is enough to require of any student in these times, and it is certain that unless conditions improve appreciable, these suites will remain vacant. Whether or no the University foels it fair to lower the prices on only the most expensive rooms, without a general reduction, the fact remains that vacancies...