Word: blunts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bureaucrats" though they are called, shore admirals have been sea admirals. "Jingoes" though they are called, sea admirals do not want war. They, better than most people, know what it is like. They, sooner than others, must fight it. Blunt professionals, they demand serviceable instruments with which to do their duty when it becomes necessary. Permanent public servants, their philosophy is at bottom the working philosophy of the U. S. Navy, no matter how Congresses and Administrations help or hinder its expression...
John Markle, famed coal king, multimillionaire, purchased the largest apartment in the world. Located in Manhattan, it will include 41 rooms, 16 baths, John Markle, servants, and many pieces of old, expensive furniture. Famed for his manners and mustache, both rough and blunt, Mr. Markle once said that he was successful in finance because "I'd rather fight than eat." Asked what he planned to do with his 41 rooms, Mr. Markle replied: "It's nobody's damn business...
True and yet with the force of a legend is the story of how blunt General Groener dared to tell Wilhelm II., in the last days of the war, that the Emperor ought to go in person into the battle areas and either rally his troops for a last effort or die in the attempt, "fighting as would become Your Majesty...
...choice, tangy naval skipper is Rear-Admiral Ernest Augustus Taylor, 52, blunt, peppery and retired into politics. As Commander of the battle cruiser Renown he carried Edward of Wales to Canada (1919) and to Australia and New Zealand (1920). Smart Americans have met Admiral Taylor in Manhattan as the guest of Art-Tycoon Otto Kahn...
...amount is paid by the students in actual tuition charges. Included in the operating expenses, however, are enrolled items amounting to approximately another fourth of the total sum which are paid indirectly or directly by the students in the form of rent, food bills, and miscellaneous charges. The blunt fact remains that about one half of the University's operating cost for the year is taken care of by gifts and the income from the permanent endowment. This approximates the situation at Yale and other privately endowed educational institutions. A great deal could be accomplished with the four million...