Word: waters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Water. Lucille La Verne has been identified so long with an old hag in Sun-Up that it was hard to believe in her latest characterization, that of a decayed but kind-hearted actress named Duckie. This actress, once highly popular behind footlights, has become, through the re versals of circumstance, a janitress. But she continues doing many good turns every day, for which the recipients repay her badly...
...readily detected, and even the effects of better conducting material at considerable depth can often be estimated with a fair degree of assurance. Of course, all masses of rock in the earth that are good conductors are not necessarily bodies. Barren graphitic slates rock beds soaked with salt water, or basic dikes might give effects not unlike more valuable bodies and skillful geological observation and interpretation of the evidence in terms of what is reasonable to expect must be made before satisfying conclusions can be drawn...
...time to time the system does lead to happy results, as in the recent appointment of Mr. Gow as Postmaster of Boston. Perhaps the next four years of Republican rule may even bring a new post-office building to replace that antiquated structure whose granite is still chipped by water that fell on it during the great fire of 1872. And in this matter of repaying loyal party workers, no gentleman in public life, however aggrieved by elections or other petty matters, would demean himself by similarly dampening the Roman candles of this Republican triumph...
...roof of his legation, peering about through powerful field glasses, espying only cowed citizens and their ferociously armed conquerors. Some of the bandits were described as "swathed in cartridge belts up to the eyes," and "jingling with as many as three rifles, six pistols, and two swords." The new Water Carrier-Emperor was said to have ridden into Kabul on a saddleless horse, guiding the beast by knee pressure, whooping triumphantly, and ambidextrously brandishing two rifles. Meanwhile, where was Amanullah...
...about the poultry show and in their total inability to do so hung in anxious frenzy over prisons in which specimens of canaries whistled their shrill chants. These canaries were a special feature of the 40th show. One, worth $4,000, had died on reaching the show because his water and food had spilled en route from Cleveland. The canaries were judged mainly on their abilities to follow the tunes of a German water organ. Four shy canaries delayed the contest one day by refusing to whistle when they were expected...