Word: dwellings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...country, but ton-holing the leading radio executives, dining and wining them, discussing -- in an off-hand manner, of course -- the unfortunate war into which Britain has been dragged. He will reminisce on the subject of cricket, paint a picture of the jolly old hills of England, and dwell upon the good fellowship which blesses Anglo-American relations. If he is adroit at the art--and obviously he is adroit, or Britain would never have let such a valuable man go in time of war -- American radio executives should learn much which will profoundly affect their later treatment...
Home was the word last week, home to Tallahassee, Tonopah, Cheyenne, home to Havana, Ill., Searcy, Ark., Atherton, Calif., Tacoma, Wash., Jasper, Ala., Yankton, S. Dak., Clovis, N. Mex.-home to the 531 communities, hamlets, cities and wide places in the roads where dwell the 531 Congressmen and Senators of the U. S. For debate on the arms embargo was over. And as President, Vice President, Senators, Representatives and their wives, secretaries and advisers hurried home last week, it was plain that few big legislative discussions in U. S. history had ever begun so tensely, ended so quietly...
Once upon a time Harvard Freshmen lived a precarious, hand-to-mouth life in dormitories and rooming houses all over Cambridge. Today first-year men dwell in the ancient Yard, deeded to the College in 1936; in the Harvard Union they had together, play pool, dance, and study...
...more that toleration is spoken of as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. . . . May the Children of the Stock of Abraham who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants, while every one shall sit in safety under his own Vine and Figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid...
...King reminded the diners: "Today as never before, the throne has become the centre of our national life." Stammering slightly His Majesty spoke in English: . . . Deeply moved . . . moment is historic . . . anticipation too great for expression." Then, in unhesitating French, he said: "It is here today that two great races dwell happily side by side. The spirit of Quebec is a happy fusion of vigorous spirit, proudly guarded...