Word: adept
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...introduce forged documents before the eyes, of statesmen whose minds they seek to influence? They do. Such forgery is constantly practiced, and as constantly guarded against by all responsible governments. Last week the New York World announced that one of its correspondents had become aware in Washington of an adept propaganda forger who made the following proposition...
...chance of snuffing out the fuse before explosion happens. Therefore, last week, when a bomb hurtled past Chief of the Secret Police Ikonomoff as he was entering his house at Sofia and rolled ahead of him down the dark hall, the worst was not necessarily to be feared. . . . Experienced, adept, Chief Ikonomoff did not flee out into the street, but sought to protect his household by darting forward to extinguish the bomb. Similarly Little Tsar Boris, when fired upon by assassins (TIME, April 27, 1925), whipped out a heavy automatic pistol and fired back. . . . As Chief Ikonomoff searched rapidly...
Judging from previous records this match promises to be a nip and tuck affair. The English racquet men are all adept players and in their clash with the University team in the Nationals they staged a hard fight which nearly netted them a victory and very probably would have in case of victory at that time taken the title out of this country for the first time. After the first four matches the teams stood 2 to 2. Jackson, by winning his match, saved the day for the University team...
...many days are required to restore Shiloh to his best blithe spirits and make of him an astonishingly tough and adept jack-tar. He is but little concerned for his bereft Mary, back in Italy, becoming passionately interested in David's account of a lovely maiden in distress in wilderness America. David's locket shows Silver Cross, twin sister of the man slain by David, to be of utmost virginal beauty. Ever the champion of such females, Shiloh sets off across the Appalachians afoot with good-hearted David, improvising odes to Nature, caroling Greek choruses, skimming the rugged...
While referendums on the Prohibition question and adept attempts at straddling the issue have been the order of the day in this country. England, still free, is having alcoholic disorders, symptomatic of deeper troubles, higher up in her system of government. The Laborite Doctor Salter brought down the House upon his head when he made the statement that Bacchus had a considerable and enthusiastic following in the House of Commons--recruited for the most part from the Conservatives, whose strength thereby was rather increased than diminished. To make matters even worse, the disturbing Doctor, upon suffering a severe rebuke, seemed...