Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Franklin stroked his lace frill with bejeweled chubby fingers and pondered the possibilities of a separate peace. Le Comte de Vergennes toyed with the silver inkpot on his satinwood desk, and tried to fathom the strange actions of his friends the Americans. Even Dr. Franklin received him a bit stiffly, a bit coldly...
They were the finalists in last week's National Open Polo Championship. In polo, "Open" has a special meaning. There are no professionals in the game. Teams for the Open are organized by leaders whose position is a little bit like that of a small boy who has been given a new football. Equipped with money and mounts to outfit their teams, they select crack players for their sides. Thus last week, Greentree had reached the final by beating C. V. ("Sonny") Whitney's Westburys and Winston Guest's Templetons, who won the title last year...
...Thousands Cheer (words & music by Moss Hart & Irving Berlin; Sam Harris, producer). Even more tasteful than The Band Wagon, every bit as funny as Of Thee I Sing, this revue began turning away a cue of ticket seekers at 11 o'clock on the morning after its first night. What people missed...
...keep the cloistered uncelibates hereabouts "regular." "Lady Cops in Cap and Gown" is an article about the successors of the Red Indian in the West which should awaken some doubts concerning The Other Half. There is one contribution by a Harvard man, Mr. Gerge R. Leighton, which is a bit too painful for treatment; Mr. Leighton is advised to try the Alumni Bulletin the next time he feels symptoms--It is distinctly better to keep these things in the family...
...paralysis of commercial activity under the present regime will hardly welcome the opportunity of doing likewise under whatever transitory power may emceed it. It is conceivable that such a conservative, every day sort of Cuban might consider this "give Cuba another chance" attitude as carrying the patriotic ideal a bit...