Word: broadness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...four states were sojourning in the city of Wall Street and Broadway, and by preference chose to spend their time and money on Broadway. They were present at the opening. The comedian Julius Tannen, informed of their presence, dragged them up on the stage. Governor Martin of Florida, a broad-shouldered young husky, was first up, trying to look beneficent. Governor McMullen of Nebraska followed, very serious, worried. Governor Trapp of Oklahoma was grandiose in evening clothes. Governor Smith of New York was last up, grinning and apparently finding it great sport-being more used to such manners. Said critics...
...this all that Negro gentlemen know of sport ? Last week, those dolts who ha.ve derived their views on the colored race from the stale gags of minstrel shows were amazed to discover that at Westfield, N. J., there is a Negro golf club-the Shady Rest Country Club. Broad piazzas it has, sofas, rocking-chairs, lounges, loggias, beds, in which a tired golfer-or one who may in the future play golf-can catch 40 winks. It has a dance hall, a dining-room, a grill, a reception hall, a ladies' room, a croquet lawn, a smoking room...
...other hand, he cannot overlook the fact that any adjustment arrived at between the representatives of the foreign nations and the Debt Commission of this country will have to go to Congress for final ratification. Unquestionably, many members of Congress will not view the problem in the broad light that it is entitled to, and will fight for the best settlement based upon a money consideration only. The fact which forms the fundamental basis of the world's future is that this country today stands as the only nation of the world resting solidly upon democracy, and that...
...great junket. Breakfasting at their hotel, the Washington delegates sang over their shredded wheat, war-whooped between eggs and coffee. The Hawaiians wore festive yellow lei and broad smiles. There were delegates from Alaska, and even from the South Seas, for whom the whole week was one long holiday...
...biographer of Stephen A. Douglas, as U. S. historian, as supervisor of the cinema-historical Chronicles of America) marked him as the unanimous choice of the learned societies planning the dictionary?a man who will exercise a high degree of literary skill and judgment in editing and a broad knowledge in inviting appropriate contributions...