Word: yes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sweeter, yes far sweeter, than this rhythm or this metre is the way the ladies treat you at the Tent. (Tent Tent...
Asked if, in his opinion, the present unrest in Europe and China were due to American motion pictures, Mr. Lasky answered, "Yes, to a certain degree. How much our pictures influenced foreigners is difficult to ascertain, but we are certain they have some influence. Europeans and Chinese, as well as other foreigners, see in American films the many facilities that make our life more pleasant, and perhaps easier; and it creates in them a certain restless feeling. This causes them to want to be free, and I believe, has some influence on our immigration problem...
Asked if, when he smiled in front of each audience, he really felt happy, or simply made others think so, Toto replied. "Yes, I'm always happy, and the response of the audience doesn't affect me in the least. Sometimes, I don't even hear their applause, and it is very seldom that I see them. You see, when I'm on stage, I alwas squint," (and here he demonstrated for his interviewer.) "That closes my eyes...
...Yes, sir. 42 years ago when I cam to Harvard College, the land on which the Freshmen Halls now stand was all covered with water, and you could cross the river only at low tide," declared John Skeehan to a Crimson reporter on one of his visits to not well-known, but in dispensable Harvard employees "In 1885 the then marshy ground where the Boston Elevated power plant now sits, was sold for half a cent a foot, and I'll tell you it was a bargain...
...Varnished board decorated with the alphabet, the ten digits and the words "Yes" and "No," upon which, with a planchette (little table), amateurs of spiritualism received supposed psychic communications...