Word: blown
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...back down because the President was losing courage, or because the great interests had an undue influence on the formation of his policy. It backed down because it was making pretensions to something which it did not have, and something which, if it had been insisted upon, would have blown it out of Washington in ten days, beak, wings, and placards. Whatever tinge of liberalism the blue eagle may have had, it was the old bird, perched safely on the rights of private property and the sanctity of parliamentary government...
...warm glow of two candelabra. This requires the assistance of his manservant Josef (Paul Lukas) who, when he hears his master playing "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" to a lady, knows it is time to cut off the lights, bring in the candelabra and apologize for a blown-out fuse. During such a scene with a handsome singer (Esther Ralston) an angry husband bangs his way in upon Prince Alfred's philanderings. When the singer escapes, the Prince decides to retreat temporarily to his villa in Monte Carlo. He sends Josef ahead with his crested luggage. On the train...
...days at the Metropolitan when every Talley doing was stretched into a human interest story. When she retired she announced that she was going to farm and farm she did. She bought 1,600 wheat acres in Colby, Kans., made them pay until last summer when the crops were blown out of the ground. The 3,000 bushels left she was shrewd enough to save for seed, got $1 per bushel...
...wondering what Santa Claus is going to do about the Adams House Chimney. If he descends to fill the stockings which the denizens of that patchquilt House hang at Christmas he may be blown back up the Chimney, sky high, bag, and all. A powerful fan is being built under the Adams hearth to make the flames in the unsuccessful fireplace go up, and make the smoke also obey gravity...
...engineer, the Adams House engineer, the janitor, and the plenipotentiary of the Maintenance Department at a consultation around the hearth yesterday, opined that they could blow away the whole trouble, by putting the fan under the fire. Common Room loungers however were skeptical, saying that the smoke would be blown around them stronger and steadier. We suggest a gas-range...