Word: chested
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...peers were reputedly grateful to him, in cash and in advance, for whatever influence he may have exercised toward their creations. A high-minded statesman, Mr. Lloyd George naturally did not touch a penny or pound of this grateful gold. It was all voluntarily contributed to a curious "war chest" (campaign fund)-curious because Mr. Lloyd George retains to this day absolute control of more than ?1,000,000 in "almightie gold." Last week the little Welshman went shopping. None cried: Taffy was a Welshman Taffy was a thief...
...party received him with respect. An hour later they voted 16 to 12 to accept terms from Mr. Lloyd George as follows: 1) resignation of all members of the Organizing Committee not favored by him; 2) a pledge by Mr. Lloyd George to contribute the income of his "war chest" to be used "free from any conditions" to finance the Liberal campaign at the next parliamentary elections. That meant Mr. Lloyd George had bought the Liberal party...
...report also states that this year is the first time that X-rays have been taken. Of the 834 chest X-rays taken, only 36 revealed any infirmity at all and these were nothing serious. All abnormalities will be followed up, it was announced...
William Bennett Bizzell, President of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.: "I held my breath and swallowed hard; I tried coughing, sneezing, pounding my chest, clearing my throat; I went to a hospital-but still could not stop an attack of hiccoughing which hung upon me last week for two days and two nights. It would have afforded me small comfort to know that King George V's chaplain, the Very Rev. Dean Albert Victor Baillie of St. George's (Knights of the Garter) Chapel at Windsor Castle, England, was similarly afflicted in Manhattan four years ago, while...
...stoop-shouldered, with shabby clothes, humbly and faithfully tipping his dusty hat. It will be dedicated in the spring. Perhaps, when the modern Negro sees it, he will be insulted. Perhaps some jester in Manhattan will erect a statue to "The Bad Darky"-a lusty Harlem syncopator, with mighty chest and shoulders, dressed in a tuxedo...