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Word: bland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...take the oath of office. By mistake he sat in the seat of Senator Norris, who was told that he had been himself "unseated." But for three hours Mr. Grundy had to wait while Senators violently abused him and Governor Fisher. With hands folded in his lap and a bland smile on his round face, he listened placidly to a torrential flow of senatorial invective. He heard himself called a "corrupt lobbyist," his appointment an "insult to decency," his Governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Strange Garret | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

William Abbott, J. Q. Adams, R. C. Aldrich, J. D. Allen, Jr., Stuyvesant Barry, M. S. Beeler, E. I., Belisle, A. R. Belliveau, J. A. Blanchard, 2nd, J. R. Bland, T. H. Brackett, W. L. Breese, D. L. Charlton, David Cheever, Jr., J. L. Clarke, David Cobb, B. D. Crauage, P. S. Dalton, Jr., C. D. Dillon, S. P. Duggan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: List of House Residents from Junior Class is Announced | 12/20/1929 | See Source »

...players awarded the insignia are Captain-elect J. R. Bland '31, Derk Bodde '30, H. H. Broadbent '32, E. C. Carter '31, J. W. Carrigan '31, P. J. Catinella '32, D. B. Dorman '32, J. P. Faude '31, R. R. Forrester '30, D. M. Frame '32, E. J. Grover '31, F. L. Howe '32, B. B. Kane '32, H. G. Meyer '30, W. J. Salmon '30, Captain A. M. Stollmeyer '30, and J. B. Wight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AWARD OF SOCCER LETTERS MADE TO SEVENTEEN PLAYERS | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...post-season honor, two of these men, Bland and Stollmeyer, have been named on the 1929 "All Collegiate" soccer team, as selected by Coach Nies of Princeton. Coach McPete of Haverford has also chosen a team. Both these men, who annually pick all-American soccer squads, agree that three Penn State players should be included on the 1929 team, but otherwise their selections differ widely. Nies has also selected two Yale men for his first team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AWARD OF SOCCER LETTERS MADE TO SEVENTEEN PLAYERS | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...assembled and the Senate is ready to proceed to business." The House membership was instantly convulsed with merriment. Sarcastic laughter rang to the glassed ceiling. Congressmen guffawed wildly, stamped their feet in derision, mockingly applauded. The juxtaposition of the words "Senate" and "business" even brought a smile to the bland face of Speaker Nicholas Longworth as he sat in his high presiding chair with the ornate mace of office fastened to the wall at his right. It was a fine professional joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: H.J. Res. 133 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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