Word: certain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fall victims to the Jester's darts at times we have even fell them ourselves and it cannot be said to be wholly unpleasant to see the nation's forensic Goliaths suddenly assailed by the local David. Not all of the slings and arrows are impeccably directed, but undeniably certain of them sink into the statistical efficiencies and brown derbies of the present campaign...
...Possibly certain earnest souls who take their politics as seriously as they do their humor will regret this lack of respect, will lament the thought that "the automobile and frigidaire companies dicate American politics, no matter who takes the trout-fishing trips." But on the other hand there is a certain admirable insouciance in the attitude, not wholly unrelated to that of Nero's fiddle-act, nor to the carefree independence of the man who fell asleep during Smith's inaugural address. And it will be a crusty gentleman indeed who cannot smile at the "Whispering Campaign" or "The Little...
...affair was aggravated when certain Clubbers told that they had seen the bride sway slightly, as she emerged from her limousine to enter the Oratory, only to be steadied by a Bobbie?a policeman...
...Certain unscrupulous telegraphic agencies continue to resort to rumors of political difficulties in Spain, forgetting in the first place that, properly said, there is not any politics at present. The last rumor is the most picturesque, assuming that His Majesty, while at San Sebastian, had refused his signature to the Premier on several decrees of destitution of authorities that the Premier proposed to relieve of their positions for having been unfaithful to the regime. The national opinion knows the value of such tricks, but the good faith of the foreign opinions might be surprised by such misleading news and therefore...
...hers at the moment. Only then does she proceed to experience it. When held at last, in the arms of the man who has resisted her longest, she thinks "I am dying of bliss . . . I am not disappointed. No, No! I'm not, I'm not." There is a certain bigness in a thoroughly resolute, deliberate hypocrite. Petty Christabel is not that. She actually believes in her own sweetness, sympathy, and understanding...