Word: acridity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...power to the President, and now Mr. Coolidge chose to entrust that power to a man who not only went contrary to Mr. Slemp's opinions but obviously had bungled in part. On top of this an editorial appeared in The Washington Post ?believed to be from the acrid pen of George Harvey?in which it was intimated that one member of the Presi- dent's official family would resign because of the Cleveland affair. That member was Secretary Slemp...
...McKenna duties was defeated by 317 to 252 votes. The debate was dull- except for the use of the prohibited word "lie" by Captain Terrel, Conservative, which brought him into conflict with the Speaker. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden also stirred the House by an unusually "acrid and ironical" speech. ¶ The Labor bill for the nationalization of the mines was defeated by 264 to 168 votes. It was the first definitely Socialistic measure to be introduced and was of major importance. The Government, however, stated that it was in disagreement with some of the articles of the bill...
...Critics, The Literary Review. "A complete monomaniac, nothing really interests Bodenheim unless it relates somehow to his ruling intellectual passion. . . . Ultimately he can be no more than a minor though highly interesting literary phenomenon, but his flavor, acrid and pungent, is distinct and lasting...
Aubrey Piper is a form-fitting part for Louis John Bartels, a new and capital actor. Helen Lowell etches with acid the acrid mother-in-law. Regina Wallace and Juliette Crosby also give meritorious performances in a play that has a place in every home. George Kelly has written a more human document than his satire, The Torch Bearers. The play's constant humor gets under the vest...
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, he of the acrid tongue: "I assume that the Senator agrees with his [the author's] statement that 'Mr. Coolidge is as reactionary as the multiplication table...