Word: bestow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...village tongues wagged and the hearts of the village swains were stirred. Constantly they sent to her "proposers." (When a Polish peasant wishes to propose, he sends two friends with vodka to the lady of his choice. If she drinks to him, they are assumed to be affianced.) Yagna bestowed her heart nowhere, and her shrewd mother had not yet seen fit to bestow her hand...
...comes to him by virtue of adventure, and as a reward. After 32 years in the service of a devoted constituency, which returned him regularly to office every two years during a career more meritorious than spectacular; after holding for six years the highest post which his colleagues could bestow-the Speakership-he chose to essay the more difficult and dubious task of winning the electorate of Massachusetts to send him to the Senate for the culmination of his career...
...baseball, but I do not recollect a more exciting World's Series than that which was finished this afternoon. The championship was not won until the twelfth inning of the last game. This shows how evenly the teams were matched. I have only the heartiest of praise to bestow upon the individual players of both teams. "Naturally, in Washington, we were pleased to see Walter Johnson finish the game pitching for our home team and make a hit* in the last inning that helped win the series...
...made a Privy Counselor. Three years later, he became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a position he held for a longer period than any statesman since the beginning of the 19th Century. His good work was recognized by Premier Asquith in 1912 when the King was advised to bestow upon him the coveted Order of the Garter. For the rest, his record in the interest of peace is well known. He retired in 1916, broken in health; and a grateful King made him Viscount Grey of Fallodon...
...game of publishing did not backslide during the year of 1923, but the goddess of fortune failed to bestow her favors promiscuously. Statistics on the number of publications in the U. S. at the beginning of 1923 and the beginning of 1924 were made public. The weeding out of the unfit reduced the number of periodicals of almost every kind without decimating any one group...