Word: belongings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week, Mrs. Albert H. Vestal, wife of the Indiana Representative, offered an amendment to the club's constitution which, if passed at a general meeting on Feb. 6, will make it possible for the club's members to thwart the election of women whose right to belong has hitherto been unquestioned. The amendment provides that the candidate must be indorsed by one or more members from her home state, must be approved by an Executive Committee of officers...
...Neal to know that everything would be all right. Both pretty and without inhibitions, she tunefully remarked: "I Want to be Bad," illustrating her desire with stamps, wind-ups, moues, and fetching wriggles. When she fell in love, she urged her inamorato to "Take good care of yourself, you belong to me," beating him gently on the chest. So did the audience belong to her, though she abused her property by making such cynical comments as this, to a recalcitrant lover: "You can't have children by telephone...
...among others, six groups--those dominated by a social complex, those with an intellectual complex, a pecuniary complex, an athletic complex, or a combination of these complexes, and finally, those with no complexes at all. Which is predominant is a matter open to question. To which did Mr. Seldes belong? Judging from his college record I shall decline to answer for fear of incurring his enmity. Nevertheless how can he, even though he had a rather broad view as a member of the Socialist club, from his group position give a picture of Harvard? He displays absolute lack of knowledge...
...these little points Editor Renaud was sharp in retort. "It's absurd to think I have any religious prejudice. I have none. I was bred a Unitarian, but belong to no church. As for the Germans, yes, during the war I was against Germany. I was a loyal American. But since then I've held no animus. And I did vote for Hoover. But if Mr. Pulitzer were hiring a managing editor on account of his vote, I expect he wouldn't have hired...
...Lady Nicotine has grown bold. She now walks the streets in the better part of town and openly solicits the patronage of the young folks. Be careful Old Girl or you'll find yourself behind a deadline down in the restricted district along with John Barleycorn, where you belong...