Word: bushed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Wheeler and Governor Allen, who have just returned, and Mr. Bush (still in Russia) last week made public statements of their opinions...
...addition to members of Congress, ex-Governor Allen of Kansas, Perley P. Christensen (Farmer Labor candidate for President in 1920) and Irving T. Bush, prominent business man, are now or have been in Russia...
Irving T. Bush considers Russia from the business man's viewpoint. Over his desk in New York hangs the motto: " Consider the Postage Stamp, my Son. Its usefulness consists in its ability to stick till it gets there." He bought sand lots on the water front of South Brooklyn and stuck till he got there. Now the Bush Terminal with rail and water connections covers 30 city blocks and contains 123 warehouses, 8 piers and 16 model industrial buildings...
...Chairman, J. MacDuffie 2d, Evelyn Walker; J. H. Dempsey, Ethel Dempsey; R. A. Almy, Olive Kahlo; D. Bush, Harriet Pratt; A. D. Knox, Mabel Bremer; J. McK Kimball, Rosamend Adie; H. L. Pratt, Laura Taylor; J. S. Amory; D. Angier; R. W. Watts...
...tricky simile, he falls on his face. He marches confidently to bat and takes a prodigious clout at literary emphasis with his infinitive. The infinitive splits and the emphasis falls badly foul over by the water cooler. As a writer Mr. McGraw will remain in the shaggiest bush league...