Word: annoyed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From Newton, that bewildering little suburb of Highlands, Falls, Centres, and Corners, yet enviably incorrupt in spite of the names it is called, comes word that the grammar schools will no longer annoy the proverbial little Johnnie with marks, but that the teachers at regular intervals shall consult with his parents, and only they shall know how their son stands in his studies. The result will be that the child, will no longer be harrassed by his parents' bribes and threats, or by his schoolmates scoffs, will with encouragement, go about his work free of care, and with...
...instructor and student have settled down, and wish to forge ahead in the work, and not to be held back by reviewing for a glorified quiz. The requirement that definite marks be turned in at these times to the Dean's office has only served in the past to annoy the professor, frighten the Freshman, and insult the Senior. By abolishing, moreover, this purely technical requirement, the instructor will be afforded far more freedom in running his course...
...than 200 people were killed, he was accused of high treason, condemned to death in absentia. Knowing there was little hope from this Nazi court, Communist Dimitroff blustered and roared his way through the trial while timorous, law-abiding Germans hung open-mouthed on his words. Nothing seemed to annoy bullet-headed Presiding Judge Blanker like the defend ant's persistent snapping of the word selbstvcrstdndlich ("self-evident") to questions whether or not he was a Communist, had been exiled from Bulgaria, believed in the proletarian revolution, had traveled under forged passports...
...more fun Eddie Cantor had with Goldman. Sachs the madder he got. Finally last year he sued all the partners of the sponsoring firm of Goldman, Sachs & Co. for a cool $100,000,000. Other stockholders joined him in the suit, and Wall Street japesters used to annoy Goldman, Sachs telephone operators with requests for "the litigation department." To the dignified partners the vision of Funnyman Cantor on the witness stand became a haunting nightmare. Last week the nightmare evaporated. Goldman, Sachs & Co. offered to turn over 100,000 shares of stock and $85,000 cash to the corporation...
...Floyd Gibbons, Ed Hill became a Name (Edwin C. Hill to radio audiences). His deep timbred voice, easy delivery, intelligent interpretation of the day's news won him a tremendous following. His sentimentality was sufficient to endear him to the radio masses, yet not so cloying as to annoy most critical listeners. Last week the Hill career took a second turn paralleling Gibbons': Having become a Name, he was hired by Hearst...