Word: habits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unison. El Gallo* himself, the President of the Republic, General Gerardo Machado y Morales, had just gone to bed and to sleep in the presidential palace. The sun would soon be rising in the wake of the crescent moon. The General had spent the full night, as is his habit, dining, dancing, talking, enjoying himself heartily...
...Free instruction of school children, in public and private schools alike, on the Evils of the Drink Habit. All textbooks, irrespective of subject, to carry a lecture against the use of alcohol...
...Harvard track team will be decidedly the underdog when it travels to New Haven to oppose the Eli track and field men Saturday afternoon. But Harvard's track teams have a habit of outdoing themselves against the Blue and this year's group in particular has showed an ability in the Dartmouth meet to fight for the split point and the final third place...
...stories for Sunday-school publications. He passed on to plotty melodramas for paper-pulp magazines, rose to heights in Birthright and Teef-tallow. Strange Moon drops back to the pulp level. Possibly it is a resurrection from his serial days. Or perhaps it just reflects Author Stribling's habit of writing in a reclining position...
Although she can now see, she still has the habit of reaching out to touch visitors and passing her hands over objects to determine their size and position...