Word: bunking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...First Son of the Land". . . . Others whispered that Colonel Starling's prime duty was to prevent Son John from eloping with Florence Trumbull, daughter of the Governor of Connecticut. At his home in Plainville, Conn., Governor Trumbull did not hesitate to announce that such a rumor was "absolutely bunk." John Coolidge first met Miss Trumbull at his father's inauguration in March, 1925, and has been paying court ever since, visiting her at Mount Holyoke College and at her home...
...last week I said: 'I deeply regret the false impression given to the press by a statement which I made (TIME, Oct. 11) concerning the Sherwood Eddy mission to Russia of which I was a member. I did not say that the Eddy mission was "filled full of bunk." I meant to say that it was almost impossible to get into the real heart of the Russian people. I fully agreed with and signed the letter sent to President Coolidge (recommending U. S. recognition of Russia) which was signed by members of the Eddy mission...
...Sherwood Eddy's mission to Russia of which I was a member was filled full of bunk!" Eager newsgatherers scribbled this statement as it fell from the lips of one William Rosenwald, son of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Chairman Julius Rosenwald...
...Thompson: "We are permitted to talk to them while they are supposed to be playing cards. Maybe that is where the bunk is. Somebody springs a political speech on them...
...facts are generally known about Henry Ford-he makes the cheapest good cars in the world, and he said that history is bunk. Last week came an addition to his duolog. Henry Ford, who has probably had more publicity than any other man in the world's history, does not believe in advertising. "Cut it all out. ... I never did believe in it." So, at least, he is reported to have been reported in a current advertisement of the George Batten Company, Advertising Agents. Needless to say, the Batten Company made Mr. Ford's alleged statement an indictment...