Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Psiakrew! Hound's Blood!" he swore, "stand where you are before I blow off your heads...
...dissatisfaction with the secret work of the National Law Enforcement Commission and its recommendations. Some Dry Senators felt that President Hoover was afraid to reveal the true inwardness of Prohibition. Senators Norris, Borah and Brookhart each claimed to possess a mass of evidence which, they said, would "blow the lid off" Dry enforcement. Their honest purpose was to lay bare its evils and attempt to correct them...
...years must develop either a profound cynicism or an even deeper mental anaethesia. As for the eleven wives, a consideration of the suffering usually resultant from one provides a deterrent. Although monotony in professional life doubtless requires the variety in the domestic side, both evils strike a severe blow at the teetotaler instead of aiding his cause. For youth just starting out in life Prohibition thus presents another serious problem. One hundred and fifty-six years of life and eleven wives threaten those who obey the law. However, these are the formative years; youth still has a chance...
...silence on moral obloquy in the Harding Cabinet; 4) his defense of onetime Senator Newberry of Michigan on the ground that the Senate had no constitutional right to look into State primaries. Assuring critics he would be a fair-minded judge, his friends in the Senate let the opposition blow itself out. made no formal effort to defend him. Mr. Hughes was confirmed as the eleventh Chief Justice of the U. S. (The vote: 52 to 26.) He was ready to take his special oath which begins: "I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons...
...opinion a public opinion which approves of prizefighting, including the knockout blow, cannot logically condemn flogging. Men and women who flock to an exhibition between the 'Game Chick' and the 'Battling Brown,'* would gladly see 'Burglar Bill' punished by the 'Wandsworth Walloper...