Word: chins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Walter Hines Page, U. S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, turned unsmiling to a tall, worn, pale man who leaned against the mantlepiece, Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary. They sat down, like old friends, and Grey, grim chin propped on folded knuckles, talked...
...Hayes & Co. Eager crowds, including Cinemactress Rosalind Russell (home from Hollywood on vacation), packed in and around the courtroom to hear the verdict: "Guilty." Tears filled the hard eyes of Boss Hayes, 56. "It was in the cards," he gulped, but he strode out of court with his chin up. State's Attorney Alcorn broke his 30-year precedent of not commenting on verdicts. Said he: "No Connecticut jury has ever rendered a greater public service...
...that double chin the dragon...
...evening last week, the Roosevelt chin protruded over a small table drawn up before his couch in the Oval Room, his upstairs White House study. Seated on straight-backed chairs facing him were Charles McNary and Warren Austin, the No. 1 & 2 Republicans of the Senate, and William Edgar Borah, the Senate's dean on Foreign Affairs. Seated nearby also were "Dear Alben" Barkley, the loyal but bemused Senate Majority Leader; Secretary of State Hull; Chairman Key Pittman of the Foreign Relations Committee, White House Secretary Steve Early. Slowly revolving a cigar between pursed lips, looking more than ever...
Three hours had passed. At the end of it, Franklin Roosevelt's chin was still out and he talked lightly with his departing guests about other matters. Secretary Hull made no effort to hide his disappointment as he left. Vice President Garner left grinning...