Word: braved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...they came through the early rounds, William T. Tilden, Vincent Richards and Francis T. Hunter. Optimism could accord these foreign swashbucklers a chance for gallantry but not for triumph-a state of affairs exactly to the fancy of such U. S. sportsmen as like to see their champions defeat "brave little fighters." Tilden had shown himself at the top of his game by beating Vincent Richards in the finals of an invitation tournament earlier in the week. And when, just as had been foreseen, the three seeded pairs met in the fourth round of the tournament, the gallery was interested...
There was one blue-blooded pug, last survivor of a breed that once prowled in every lady's chamber. There were hundreds of airdales, Dobermann pinschers, sealinghams, Scotch terriers, bulldogs, griffons, sheepdogs, collies, setters, pointers, springer spaniels, foxhounds. But among them only a few received the accolade of a brave azure ribbon which, fluttering for a moment from a studded collar, denoted perfection of body, unchallengeable integrity of blood...
Said critics: "Davey is brave. When he runs for re-election few, if any, United States Government employes will vote...
...could do her no good. She was one of the 250 he ministered to, one of the 200 he could not benefit, one of the few who died. For years Professor Leacock had watched his wife dying; had watched come over her the pallor and emaciation of brave suffering. But a public had come to like and demand his witticisms, stimulated by his uproarious Literary Lapses of 1910. Fifteen other laugh-provoking books he wrote* perforce, many of them as his wife failed. The public knew not his private life; demanded laughs; got them. Last week...
...poetry seems nearly lost- the function of making thoughts clearer than ever words were meant to make them. The more enjoyable poems are the simpler: the richly oriental "And in the Hanging Gardens"; the ironic "The Wedding" (of Arachne with her prey) ; The vampire in Woman, "Electra" and the brave "Teteléstai": I am no King, have laid no kingdoms waste, Taken no princes captive, led no triumphs Of weeping women through long watts of trumpets; Say, rather, I am no one or an atom. . . . . . . Well, what then? Should I not hear, as I lie down in dust...