Word: matchless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whether or not the colleges harbor the cream of the country's youthful intelligence, it is undeniable that they furnish a matchless environment for the formation of intelligent and disinterested political opinion. This factor, if no other, gives the results of a university poll, such as is now projected for Harvard, a distinct and unrivalled value...
Lighted Cigarets. A coin dropped in the slot of a new machine makes a cigaret fall with its end against an incandescent electric coil. The heat lights the cigaret, which forthwith drops out of the machine for the buyer to smoke on his matchless way. One William Cohen of Brooklyn invented the device...
...mayor, pleased, told his chauffeur to go out and get a gold key to the city. This done, Mayor Schwab solemnly said: "I present this key as a mark of esteem from Buffalo and hope, Mr. Belasco, that you will return here countless times with premieres of your matchless plays." Solemnly, Producer Belasco answered: "It is always a pleasure to come to Buffalo with new attractions. Your citizens are most critical and an opening night here tells me immediately whether or not my play is a success...
...that his wife had duped him into marriage after having an illegitimate child by another man. Honest, basically upright Simon obtains a divorce, a wholesome job, a new and true wife. Author Train tells it swiftly, stiffly. He has also written eleven novels, five volumes of short stories, six matchless yarns about Mr. Tutt (funny lawyer), three law books...
...name. With the assistance of his wife, who is related to the late Sir George Lindsay Holford, another owner of famed Italian masterpieces, he indulged his passion for art collecting over a period of approximately 40 years (he is now 77). Why should Mr. Benson now allow his matchless treasures to pass from his possession? A hint is thrown out by the fact that high income taxes and inheritance taxes in Great Britain have influenced many a wealthy man to relinquish his art holdings. Besides, these works are of such international interest that most of the time they are being...