Word: proper
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...motorboat men . . . are law-abiding citizens, yachts and motorboats used solely for pleasure . . . will not ordinarily be stopped . . . unless suspicious circumstances warrant such action. . . . No person is safe to be entrusted with the navigation of any vessel who does not occasionally take a glance around the horizon. Such a proper lookout will disclose . . . any Coast Guard boat . . . signaling you to stop. The Coast Guard boat will use her whistle or horn or a megaphone or visual signals ... to attract your attention. ... It may be necessary for the Coast Guard craft to fire a blank warning shot. If these fail...
...Northampton last month. Citizen Coolidge hired him as chauffeur and general handy man at $20 per week. Now John drives the dark Lincoln limousine, on the door of which can still be faintly discerned the outline of stars and an eagle which once composed the Presidential seal. At a proper discount, Citizen Coolidge bought his White House car from the U. S. and now stores it in a public garage at $15 per month...
Arriving in Moscow, Divorce Pioneer de la Revera sought out the Society of Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. They placed him in contact with the proper authorities and upon simple declaration that he wished a divorce he received it within 20 minutes. The fee: 15?. "Now I can marry Martha!" exclaimed Senor Cesari Alvarez de la Revera, and within 24 hours...
...roommate is coming along, and a graduate in Cambridge for a day or two has as little chance of seeing how one of the boys from home looks on the gridiron as he has of observing Achilles among the shades. Of course if he waits till Saturday, pays the proper amount of money, and has remembered his field glasses, he can catch a glimpse or two, but by that time what the British refer to as the "funsomeness" of the sport has departed...
...State of Washington, and is devoting the year following her retirement to visiting educational institutions and lecturing on educational subjects. Her experience in school administration has given her information and insight on a wide range of topics interesting to students of education and to citizens concerned with the proper management of the schools...