Word: braved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...late staked their ultimate pennies on the play of the theatre. Of this description "Ballyhoo," "The Shannons of Broadway," "Burlesque," "The Wild Man of Borneo," "The Barker," and "Broadway" have been the most notable, the last-named two even leaving the secure delights of a Manhattan audience to brave with confident melodrama what is now known throughout the profession as the Boston titter...
...matter of fact, Francis Scott McBride is no more related to Francis Scott Key than he is to Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Strange things have happened in the home of the brave and the land of the free, but for the general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America to be related to the author of This Side of Paradise is a little too bizarre to be true. The author of Flappers and Philosophers and The Great Gatsby is indeed a connection of the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner." But not so the Anti-Saloon League Superintendent...
...Fireman's Band began to play in the afternoon. Old soldiers straddled the backs of their chairs, waved flasks or sandwiches in time to the music, told one another of brave things done long-ago. As the tinny jangle of "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" stopped suddenly on a loud note, there was a great roaring of competitive anecdotes. Bellowed one bottle-nosed sport, ". . . And boy, I almost brought her home and married her. Yes, and by God if the damn kid didn't get himself shot over in France, after...
...several hours before we could do anything for her (Anderson) but first aid. At Mazatlan we were met by Dr. Chapman and the American consular agents. Dr. Chapman pronounced the wound grave and her chances very slim. All this time Florence was brave and never lapsed into unconsciousness...
...Chief Henry Standing Bear administered the oath of fealty, said: "Mr. President, it is a great honor to us that you have come among us and into our camp. . . . Our fathers and our chiefs, Sitting Bull, Spotted Tail and Red Cloud, may have made mistakes, but their hearts were brave and strong, their purposes were honest and noble. They have long gone to their Happy Hunting Ground, and we call upon you, as our new High Chief, to take up their leadership ... to protect and help the weak."- To cap the ceremony, Rosebud Robe (soon to appear in vaudeville...