Word: braved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chambre with a squad of men who took possession of the place on instructions from their Chief. "We are here," said the Comte, "to watch over M. Painlevé's [President of the Chambre] safety, which is in grave peril." For three days, he and his brave men protected the person of M. Painlevé. So powerful was he, that Députés obeyed his orders. So meticulous was he in carrying out his duty, that he inspected the food being cooked in the kitchen of the Chambre restaurant "to see if it were poisoned...
...15th; Brown of New Hampshire, on the 16th; Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, on the 20th, al- though he got a handful of votes from the 52nd on; Davis of Kansas dwindled out on the 51st; Cox of Ohio practically disappeared on the 65th; Ralston, after making a brave run in the 50's, dropped out for a time. Seventeen states never altered their vote during the entire first six days of balloting: California, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, all stuck solidly, persistently to McAdoo; Alabama did the same for Underwood; Arkansas...
Figures are dry and tedious but a brave body-the National Bureau of Economic Research-plunged into calculations and came out with a result-somewhat postdated, to be sure, but nevertheless a result. It found that the population of the U. S. (increased in this country by reason of considerable immigration and an unusually low death rate) had jumped by Jan. 1, 1924, to 112,826,000 people. During the last half of 1923 the increase of population was especially large...
...historical personage, but only a symbol of all that is for the good of the world, even as the Uncle Sam of American literature is not a historical personage but only a symbol of all that is good for the U. S." The Bishop's lawyer fought a brave battle, asserting every conceivable technicality. Ultimately he put this embarrassing question to the prosecuting attorney: "Will you show me a statement of the official doctrine of the Church?" Reluctantly, after much delay, his opponent produced the Prayer Book. The Bishop rightly contended that the Prayer Book was not a statement...
CYRANO DE BERGERAC?Walter Hampden in ringing tones brings back the brave old days when an insult was an insult, and treated to fine sword and word play...