Word: bumptiousness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...jurists were not presuming, bumptious. They had every right and every reason to see Sphinx-President Irigoyen. The previous President of Argentina, Dr. Marcelo T. de Alvear, had appointed them Delegates to the Pan-American Conference on Arbitration and Conciliation which convenes in Washington on Dec. 10, 1928. Before leaving for Washington-and time was getting short-the Delegates must receive instructions from the Argentine Government as to what to do and say in Washington...
Governor-elect Roosevelt did not betray his consciousness of any of these things, not only because it would have been bumptious to do so but also because all was contingent upon two things-his health and his record as New York's Governor...
...Mack or Sergeant Michael Devlin as he is called in the play-bill, was a fussy and bumptious redcoat, though shrewd, daring and romantic withal. He was making love to dope flend's little sister as the curtain fell after all the villians were on their way to the gallows. "The Scarlet Fox," excepting several ridiculous moments of April-fooling, is a pretty fair cock-and-bull dream. In it you may enjoy some unbelievably veracious acting by Miss Marie Chambers as the chatelaine of a Canadian bagnlo; by Mr. Sam Lee, as a canny Chinaman, and by Mr. Sweeney...
...members of the House are such good sportsmen that, when what happened did happen they were really wrung with sympathy for bumptious Mr. Brand, after whose name in Who's Who appears the proud legend, "member of the Butter and Milk Commission under Herbert Hoover during the World War," but upon whose soul now rests the necessity of supporting the curious "boom" of his fellow Ohioan, Senator Willis. Never did a big butter-&-milk man undertake a braver job than attacking a once honored chief for the sake of a boss to whom he was now obligated. And never...
What a good thing it would be for this bumptious writer of cheap stuff in TIME to attend the Willis-for-President rally on the evening of March 7, where Hardin, Allen, Hancock, Logan, Putnam, Anglaize and many other fine counties in the state will be represented and do some "booming" for Willis, something which seems to hurt TIME terribly. There is not a thug, saloon parasite, grafter, bootlegger, and not a "big wet" in the state of Ohio who will not welcome with glee the slurs which TIME has spread out before the people. If I am not mistaken...