Word: burnt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years. It was one of the casualties of the War. Two generations ago the famous weekly carried the cartoons of Nast, which kindled the flame of public wrath and eventually consumed the corrupt tinder of the Tweed Ring. The New York Times was high priest over that burnt offering to the god of politics. But Harper's Weekly held the torch. Today a ghost of journalism has returned, announcing itself as the New Harper's Weekly, an " International Illustrated Journal...
Like most despatches from Russia, this one is annoyingly vague. The number of killed and wounded is not given, neither is any reference made as to which of the two opera houses was burnt. If it was the Marinsky, Russia lost one of her greatest treasure troves, for in it were some of the greatest of Russian art masterpieces. The other house is called Narodny Dom and was completed just before...
...Dromahair, County Leitrim, a band of republicans burnt the court house and looted the stores, carrying away quantities of foodstuffs and clothes. A fight at Headford, Galway, resulted in four rebels dead and four Free State troops wounded. At Glencar, South Kerry, another clash was reported, resulting in five rebels being killed and two being taken prisoners...
Chicken in every form-a recent glossary of American for English tourists defines "chicken" as a "fowl of any age"-fried, fricasseed, roasted, burnt, or raw, won the day above all comers. Turkey, sliding along on grease, captured second; pork and beans, with the solid support of the Boston delegation, came in a good third; and corned beef and cabbage finished fourth. Water came in last, making, however, a game fight with ice water. Never was a more conclusive victory won. Long live King Fowl...
...society. The seriousness of the offence varies from the sack of a city to the mischievousness of a gang of small boys. Obviously, to hang an urchin for smashing a street lamp is as out of proportion as to give half a dozen lashes to a soldier who has burnt down a house and murdered the owners...