Word: attachments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reception is certain to be a mob scene, the envy of Producers D. W. Griffith or Cecil B. De Mille. Imagine the quandary of even a well-informed newspaper correspondent, cornered perhaps by Pra Sundra Vachana, First Secretary of the Siamese legation, or Abu-el-Enein Salem Effendi, second attaché of the Egyptian legation, with the inquiry: "Monsieur, will you be so kind as to point out to me the gentlemen who have recently distinguished themselves in the operations of the Congress...
What blame there is, if one wishes to attach that name to the criticisms of over emphasis on indifference, centers on the laisser faire policy of certain undergraduates and alumni toward men now enlisted in the preparatory schools. There is evidently a feeling that more effort on the part of the Associated Clubs might help Harvard to obtain a more representative group of students...
...again justified the comment of a Monte Carlo croupier: "Man dieu! One can understand why the Americans do not love opera, if theirs are all like this!" But the "poppy ballet," and the "lily ballet," and the "melodies which flow along easily and attach themselves to the memory with pleasurable effects," were all applauded with "real hand-stinging claps...
...President and Mrs. Coolidge held their first official reception last week. It was in honor of the diplomatic corps. The Ambassadors and Ministers of more than 50 nations, with their ladies and attachés, filed in headed by Señor Don Juan Riano y Gayangos, Ambassador from Spain and dean of the diplomatic corps. The members of the Cabinet and their ladies, Vice President and Mrs. Dawes and the Foreign Affairs Committee (House) graced the occasion. For two hours the Marine Band serenaded the 2,000 guests...
...cause and die if they can-or at least starve-on the barricade of some well fought for hope. The magazines are published in amazing covers of topaz and mauve and cinnamon. Braver than autumn leaves, they flourish for a while, bailiffs occupy the editorial rooms and grubby gentlemen attach the furniture, and the gay little magazines dry up and perish...