Word: fifth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inside of an American home. . . . All I have been able to see in New York, Washington. Philadelphia, Buffalo and Niagara Falls is the outside of homes. . . . What is the atmosphere of an American home? How do parents and children get on? What attitude has a boy on the fifth floor of an apartment building toward his small sister lying in her crib by the window? How much is the care of these children left to nursemaids...
...freed from one of her major complexes, hatred of her mother, by the unexpected murder of that unpleasant old lady. The nerve doctor assures her that all will be well after this, if she will only learn to confine her vagrant affections to one man instead of to the Fifth Regiment of Horse Marines, or their equivalent in citizens of the realm. Creda consents, but we suspect that she had a cunning twinkle in her eye when she hurried from the consultation room...
...Bishop Murray left a letter too. It said: "The reason that no bequests are made by me to agencies or persons other than my own immediate family is because during my entire income-earning existence I have consistently and continuously given one-fifth (20%) of my income from all sources to church, charity and collateral relatives...
...high school group, Schenectady was decidedly superior, its first five runners finishing in third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh positions, for the winning total of 35. Although it came in second in the final scoring, Newtown high school of Elmhurst, Long Island, had the two fastest runners of the meet. Arthur Cooperman and Edward Wells of the New York school took the lead about half way along in race, and were never headed to the finish. They showed as good speed as has ever been seen in the schoolboy meet, and their team placed second only because the other three...
...preparatory school race, Newark Prep nosed out the strong Hebron Academy after a close race. The winners made a score of 35, gaining third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh positions. Hebron won-second, fourth, and sixth, but lost out in total when its last two runners finished fifteenth and seventeenth respectively...