Word: cheeke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...George William Norris-who has more than once expressed himself forcefully if not tactfully on the Capital's society. Early in the Harding administration Senator Norris made an attack upon Mrs. Edward B. McLean, too acid to quote. Last week Senator Norris, his tongue in his cheek and even sticking out of his mouth a little bit, wrote a letter to Secretary of State Stimson about the "extremely important" Curtis-Gann question. He mockingly urged Statesman Stimson to "hurry up." He explained he was interested only as an "ordinary" citizen who contributes taxes toward "the upkeep of this great...
...been anything quite like this one on Broadway since the last horsecar. Myron C. Fagan, who wrote it, either is kidding the public or he is kidding himself. If he meant it seriously, it's terrible. If he dashed it off with his tongue in his cheek it's very good. There hasn't been so much plot in one place since East Lynne. It all begins in Venice with a clandestine love affair. Then comes the villain to take the hero back to his dying father. Eighteen years and a good deal of dirty work pass...
...from stormy political seas as a onetime Super intendent of Schools in Chicago, recently suggested belladonna plasters for seasickness. As editor of the Educational Review he was mindful of a current propensity among patient pedagogs for elaborate research and profound tabulations. Placing his tongue ever so slightly in his cheek, Dr. McAndrew tabulated his belladonna-plasters-for-seasickness research as follows: Number reporting having used bella donna plasters..............6 Number reporting having escaped from sea sickness..........6 Median.................................................................................................6 Correlation............................................................................Per cent. 100 Number seen by me who said they were wearing 'em...........5 Number of such whom...
...Cheek-Neal Coffee...
...night the election of six men to the staff of the magazine. Robert Ray Forrester, Jr. '30 of New York City, Anson Burlingame '30 of New York City, and Thomas Johnston Smith '30 of Lowell were elected to the Business Board. Paul Brooks '31 of New York City, Leslie Cheek '31 of Nashville, Tennessee, and Waldemar Harris Boldt '30 of Binghampton, New York, were elected to the Editorial Board...