Word: fifteen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fifteen years ago that continent launched upon a terrible experience. Much ink has been spilt over the military and political phases of the great conflict. Only now are we beginning to realize what a shock was given to Europe's well ordered life apart from the battlefield. That she is recovering is a source of gratification to us. It is Europe that takes almost half of all the goods we sell, besides sending us a third of all we buy. Asia sends us another third. But Europe is always easily first as buyer of our products. She is not only...
...Immature cats will be barred . . . Angoras and other 'fuzzy' felines will be barred. Only run-of-the-yard cats will be eligible. It is a well-known fact that housebred cats are not as antagonistic to water as backyard cats. . . . Fifteen minutes will be allowed for the washing...
...game, the results were perfect. Not only could the announcer's voice be heard all over the press box, it could be heard in practically every part of the Stadium. The problem was apparently settled once and for all. But when the press box had filled up about fifteen minutes before game time and the thousands of spectators were filing their way into the great enclosure something seemed to have happened. The line up was being announced and nobody more than twenty yards or so away could hear a single word. The trouble was discovered; the acoustics...
Greatest of Fox hobbies is telling the story of his rise to newspaper men who have assembled in the hope of hearing merger news. Greatest of Fox phobias is having his picture published. Fifteen years ago he sat, moustached, for a photograph. Almost immediately he shaved his lip, refused to have new pictures taken. Even last week when patrons eagerly awaited Cineman Fox's birthday message, a substitute appeared and they had no chance to see the real Fox face...
...arts it requires less intensive study and knowledge to become an appreciative and intelligent listener of good music. And while a certain amount of affectation is admitted, it is not credible that a large percentage of undergraduates will be affected to the extent of paying out fifteen-dollar lump sums for appearing to be an appreciator of good music. There is no one urging the majority to buy records, to hear music, by telling them what "finer men" they may become if they listen to Beethoven's "Seventh" every evening. Certainly a judicial, unprejudiced individual would say that the interest...