Word: containable
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...therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn...
...same time it was learned that the new unit of the House will contain nine single and 23 double Suites, in addition to accommodations for three non-resident and two resident tutors. The public rooms, on the ground floor, will include dressing-rooms, a ladies' cloak-room, and a music room, which will be provided with a piano, a victrola, and a supply of records...
...substance which, when taken into the body in a single dose of 15 grains or less, is injurious to health or dangerous to life. Legal definition in New York State is a drug which produces death in doses of 60 grains or less. A bichloride tablet should not contain more than 8 grains of the poison...
...designed six windows for the Riverside Cathedral in New York City. The windows were supposed to copy the spirit of the famous delicately traced windows in the Cathedral of Chartres. These famous Grisaille windows in the best lighted church in the world were made in the XIII century and contain over 5000 figures. Goodhue succeeded admirably in this work, although the problem of reducing the scale to fit the more modest proportions of the modern church was difficult. When the windows were set in June, 1929 they evoked praise from all authorities...
Head of the great Manhattan Co., possessing a fortune of at least $50,000,000, perhaps more than $100,000,000, it was natural that the late Paul Moritz Warburg was skilled in the art of handling money. When last week his will was filed it was found to contain rigid rules. In these lay the foundation for his investment policy, but only the foundation. For no rules can tell when to buy or sell. Absolute discretion in that was given to his four executors (widow, daughter, son, brother...