Word: waters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Perceiving the obvious, Candidate Walsh wrote a polite letter to his campaign manager terminating his candidacy. He referred to the "futility" of any man opposing Candidate Smith. Candidate Reed was less polite, more stubborn. He said he only wished Mr. Walsh had withdrawn "before he muddied the water." Candidate Reed pictured himself as "a General in a war" and said he would not surrender because he had lost a "skirmish." He men tioned "great issues" and said: "The convention at Houston will at least have a chance to vote on them...
Bear, lions, tigers, water buffaloes, etc. .30-.405 Soft-nose for safety; steel-jacketed for sure-shooting pelt-collectors...
...were sewn to his sleeves, tied to a chair by a rope of which the knots were sealed with wax, concealing no instruments, he was placed behind a curtain. In front of the curtain was a table on which were placed a pail of hot paraffin, a bucket of water, a pencil and a sheet of paper with three names for identification. When the room was darkened, Conjurer Dunninger caused the paper to be snatched away and returned it with this phrase inscribed upon it: "A word from Houdini." Then there protruded from the curtain a "spirit hand" which...
Pitcher, Butch Burnham: Catcher Roar of the Crowd Brigham: first base, Powell: second base, Nicholas: short stop, Keeu; third base, Lee: right field, Who Stole the People's Money Rockenberg; center field, Captain Tough Customer Stevens; left field, Cy and I Confess Sloane: Substitutes, Graves, Boston, Bean, Broad, Parsons: water boy and bad boy mascot, chairman of the Tiger, Price Day. Daily Princetonian
...editorial, it urged Prince Potenziani, Governor of Rome, to remove the "coarse exhibition," under the police regulations which permit him to protect the public against indecency. The official unveiling of the statue was postponed; crowds came hustling into the Square and stared at the fountain, from which no water rose...