Word: yes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sale committee (Commissioners Lissner, Haney, Hill) voted to accept the Dollar bid. Rear Admiral Benson voted No; E. C. Plummer, Vice Chairman, voted No; Mr. Frederick I. Thompson, Commissioner, voted No. It was up to T. V. O'C., the Chairman?genial, smiling Mr. O'Connor. He voted Yes. A telegram sped off to the old man in San Fran- cisco. He grinned happily. At Washington, members of the Shipping Board could hardly speak to one another. Debate began again...
...large conventions of various kinds of moral uplifters, in particular the Student Volunteers of America. The spirit of such gatherings is notably infectious. Hence, if the Register's temporary eschewal of lurid headlines loses the sheet no circulation, editors elsewhere are likely to grunt: ''Oh yes, in Des Moines," and continue to await the arrival of another Leopold-Loeb attraction for their display columns. Indeed, even the Des Moines Register tied a string to its promise. It reserved the right to print on its front page during the test week "any story of outstanding criminal importance...
...world is short of bromine, Is this important? Yes, if photography, especially moving pictures, are important. Bromides of silver and potassium are essential to their welfare. Yes, if ethyl motor fluids are important; if certain medical sedatives are important. The world is short of bromine, and the chief sources?salt deposits in Prussian Saxony, brines in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Chile ?do not bid fair to replenish the supply...
...Yes, Allen," answered Mr. Coolidge. "Get me a dish of stewed prunes." (By Alumnus Treadway...
...Keezer answered questions concerning his purchase, saying, "Yes, I bought an estate...Yes, there were some pictures, some etchings too...What are they? Oh, I can't tell about them...Well, one had a yacht...Oh, I don't know...Six or eight of them...Oh, yes, good pictures, the best...Come and see them at my store some time...