Word: brightnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hope. I have no fears for the future of our country. It is bright with hope...
...Senators will see, tripping politely up to their august rostrum, a slim person in her early 30's, with bright blond hair and a ready smile. Lola Williams got on in the world by cultivating a small potato patch of her own in a corner of the family farm; later by selling newspaper subscriptions. She reached Washington in 1918, a trained secretary looking for a job. The War Department took her in as a clerk until Senator Curtis found her. Now she is queen Secretary of the whole vast capitol...
Every Manhattan news organ has now noticed this divorce broker. The small-town press has ballyhooed him in syndicated feature stories. Tabloid editors have gleefully plastered up headlines to the effect that Arturo del Toro is the "enemy of Cupid, the "king of divorce," the "boss of the Border bright lights...
Said he: "This new plan would enable the bright pupil to save two years in his preparatory training. Going directly from the two-year junior college into the professional colleges he would have a two-year start on the average professional man of today...
...ceremonious way of listening to her. He stands before her, heels together, tall slim body bent deferentially towards her. That was the way he used to stand when, as naval lieutenant and Harvard undergraduate, he courted her. It absorbs her into the Byrd tradition, reminds her of his bright ancestor. Henri of Navarre, Henri IV of France...