Word: absently
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...radio and, without naming General Yague, rebuked "those who alarm the capital with bogies of demagogic reforms." He then summoned General Yague to his office, reported Timesinan Callender, dressed him down with the warning that "some persons would be shot for talking as he did." Last week, temporarily absent from active command in the field, General Yague scotched rumors of imprisonment by taking care to be seen at a bridge-opening ceremony near Caspe...
...first four innings and Russ Houghton who followed him on the Crimson mound held the Jumbos to seven hits while their teammates were getting six. Four of the enemy hits were for extra bases off the offerings of the Yardling pitchers who were working in place of the absent jack Schwede and Charlie Brackett...
...Morgan, Mr. Wood contended that the Secretary had issued his order without a complete knowledge of the facts gathered by subordinates, had erred in denying the company a chance to view and contest the order before it was finally issued. Last week six Justices (Justice Black dissenting, two absent) upheld Mr. Wood, commented caustically upon the Secretary's attenuated review of the evidence, said: "The right to a hearing embraces not only the opportunity to present evidence but also a reasonable opportunity to know the claims [of the Government] and to meet them. . . . Those who are brought into contest...
...acted more like the great Persian monarch. He imposed his will on hitherto independent fierce tribes, hanging dozens of warring sheiks, making other suspected local chieftains his permanent "guests." On a group of disobedient mullahs (Moslem priests) he applied the whip in person. Strongwilled, previously healthy followers of the absent Sultan Ahmad Shah, whom Reza Khan later had deposed, developed mysterious maladies from which they never recovered. One chief of polio committed suicide, and a foreign minister underwent a fatal operation for a vague ailment. Summed up the Most Lofty of Living Men several years ago: "I am a soldier...
...Angeles, absent from the White House for the second wedding anniversary in a row, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt broke the monotony of a lecture tour to call on Shirley Temple, who announced, without revealing her reason, that she was soon going to Washington to see the President. Wrote Mrs. Roosevelt in My Day: "I hope she will not delay her visit too long." In Washington, a delegation of Massachusetts Democrats led by State Committeeman Charles Maliotis, who operates three restaurants and owns some real estate in Boston, called on James Roosevelt to ask him to run for Lieutenant Governor next autumn...