Word: agog
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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These are typical Arlen tales: A young would-be man-about-town finds himself the protector, against his inclinations, of a fascinating girl's honor. A fascinating girl fascinates three young men who are all agog to be fascinated. A fascinating older woman fascinates an older man and then leaves him, fascinatingly, for his good. A fascinating but somewhat irregular lady of doubtful age fascinates a young man, re-fascinates one of her old beaux, who steps in to rescue the fascinated young man?...
...common with most British fiscal authorities Viscount Rothermere blamed the present London Exchange break-which has undoubtedly depressed many sound shares below their real value-on "the Hatry crash and the increase in the Bank rate."* Throughout the week all Britain continued agog over the astounding collapse of the numerous corporations fathered by daring, astute, masterful Clarence Charles Hatry. He sat in jail. But so many great personages are involved (Exhibit A: the Marquis of Winchester, chairman of one of the companies in the Hatry group) that details of the liquidation were kept hushed with a success only possible among...
Last fortnight's news that Niagara-Hudson Power Corp. (J. P. Morgan & Co.) had acquired Frontier Power Corp. (Mellon interests) set Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York agog (TIME, Sept. 23). The news meant that 80% of New York State would now be served by one hydro-electric company. While the headlines of Governor Roosevelt's announcement that waterpower must be saved for the public from the Power Trust were still streaming across the front pages of newspapers, reporters received a novel invitation. They were invited to assemble within the precincts of No. 23 Wall Street, the House...
...battle royal between undergraduates and alumni has set the Cornell campus agog. When a distinguished group of the latter faction recently met in take measures for the regeneration of football at Cornell, they were surprised to find the general sentiment of the student body opposed to their efforts. The Cornell Sun explained the attitude of the students by saying that "the undergraduates don't have any athletic teams any more. They belong to the alumni and the big-salaried coach...
Jauntily, impishly, Edward of Wales appeared in evening dress with a red carnation, one night last week, thus setting London's impeccable chappies terribly agog. On the very next evening dozens of red carnations appeared in Mayfair, and smart women flattered their escorts by thrilling, "How adorably ghastly!" Meanwhile, however, Jester Wales, having had his floral joke,* was speeding nocturnally toward the north of England, to visit in grim earnest the stricken coal fields where a half-million miners are workless and nigh to starving (TIME...