Word: possession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coming so soon after Christmas, this auction of books has another interesting feature. In spite of the bewildering atmosphere of the holiday rush, all good taste in the selection of valuable manuscripts has not been lost. The American people, so often labeled as materialistic, show they also possess an appreciation of aesthetic values...
Something ought to be done about this. Even though bees do possess sour dispositions often scarcely compensated by their sweet production, it should be remembered that they are too ignorant, or too wise, to form protective unions, and, as insects, cannot appeal to the S. P. C. A. for justice. If the plans of the apiarist successfully culminate in more honey, it may not be of its pristine saccharinity, coming from discontented bees, and its lowered market value may be punishment enough to the owner. But if the bees grow class-conscious and revolt, making their presence felt as only...
When Captain John Smith was considered to possess the unfortunate qualifications of Jonah to the extent of causing a storm at sea, he suffered the same punishment of being cast forth from the ship; but on account either of his greater endurance or of the extra-ordinary lack of great-dish at the time, tradition has it that he out-Jonahed Jonah...
Largely ignoring smugglers and moonshiners, Major Mills maintained that 98% of bootleggers' supplies came from the diversion of industrial alcohol. Suppose, for example, that a manufacturer of perfumes has a permit to possess large quantities of denatured alcohol. Were he dishonest, he might sell this alcohol, labelled as "perfume," to an equally dishonest wholesaler. Then the wholesaler sells the "perfume" to a bootlegger, who re-distills the alcohol and uses it, sparingly, in the making of intoxicants. Seeing in such diversion of industrial alcohol the major source of bootleggers' supplies, Major Mills recommended closer inspection of permit holders...
...insist that Deputy Luigi Federzoni be made Minister of Home Affairs in charge of the police. Smart guessers think they know that Faithful Federzoni then obtained evidence which he and King Vittorio Emanuele held over Il Duce for years afterwards. Eventually however the Dictator felt strong enough to possess himself of the Ministry of Home Affairs, giving the Ministry of Colonies to Federzoni...