Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been slim. But Senators are touchy about past examples of the changeability of the Roosevelt mind, and among good politicians a promise is a sacred thing. There was talk in the cloakrooms that if Joe Robinson were not appointed, no one else would be confirmed. If this was a bit fantastic, there remained the likelihood that by failure to appoint Joe Robinson, the President would stir up a bigger nest of hornets than he had by his Supreme Court bill...
...Starbuck as a brother TIME reader and fraternity brother in the seagoing profession is just a "wee bit" dramatic in parts of his statement but I feel he speaks the truth when he says, "Many a young officer who is on the first rung of the ladder to command owes his push upward to the books sent aboard...
TIME comes to me each week as a sort of savior-helps me to keep myself well-informed as to current events, assists me much in maintaining a correct mental balance. When I read such an admirable bit of writing as "Walking Dean" (TIME, May 3), I feel like telling the writer of it I've received my subscription price back again. That's what I'm doing...
Rumple-headed Werner Franz was caught by a sentry while trying to get away with a bit of metal from the wreck. Brought into the inquiry, he revealed one of the most amazing escapes of all. Cornered on a narrow catwalk when the gasbags all around him leapt into flame, young Franz jumped through the fabric, fell to earth so hard he was stunned. He would have burned to death as the blazing hulk settled upon him, but a ballast tank burst above him, drenching him with cold water which both revived him and extinguished his burning clothes. Unharmed...
Rowing as if they were swinging down the course on a practice spin, the Bellboys crossed the finish line seven lengths ahead of Adams House, with the Gold Coasters just a bit more than a length ahead of Dunster. Leverett was fourth...