Word: armes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...governor Jared Y. Sanders, shrewdest of all Louisiana politicians, attorney for the shoepolish magnates. Jared Y. Sanders is now asking to be permitted to exercise his talents in the U. S. Senate and his opponents are bitterly saying: "Ho, contemptible one! You have exploited our natural resources, palsied the arm of the Conservation Commission. To obtain your princely attorney fees, you have twiddled weak Governor Fuqua between your avaricious thumbs. For shame!" Last week, Mr. Sanders savagely denied that he was responsible for a new "invasion" of the Shreveport gas field by shoepolish interests. Governor Fuqua returned, unopened, a letter...
...dead, and as they fumbled through the rusty, sea-fouled compartments, scenes of the death struggles were revealed. Men had stuck to their posts. Inside the gash where the Rome had bitten, pinned between the bent steel plates and the engineroom bulkhead, was the body of a seaman. One arm was stretched out in an effort to grasp the lever which would have closed an emergency valve and perhaps have saved the lives of some of his fellows...
...light hearted enjoyment. Though Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain and his wife received all other guests at the head of the crimson carpeted Foreign Office stairway, they descended to the quadrangle as the purr of King Alfonso's limousine was heard. His Majesty gave to Lady Chamberlain his arm. Her Majesty was escorted by lank, bemonacled Sir Austen. British Royalty, having previously entertained their Spanish Majesties at Buckingham was not present. All dined in the great room in which was signed the Treaty of Locarno, (TIME, Dec. 14, LEAGUE...
...unusual thrill to Washington gentry to touch the elbow of Mrs. Coolidge while she shops in a crowded department store, or to see her as she walks along the sunny avenue. Frequently she sorties unattended. Last week it was fortunate that her son, John, was at her arm when she snagged her heel in the pavement in front of the White House, slipped, nearly fell, before he caught...
...courts freed him. Then he succeeded in having Judge Leahy defeated for reelection. Last fall Leahy went up to Magee in a hotel lobby, knocked him down, kicked him, broke two of his ribs. Magee, on the floor, drew a revolver, fired. He hit Leahy in the arm and killed a bystander who had rushed in to stop the fracas...