Word: chip
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more than probable that in the opinion of many, Germany is once again pointing with glee to the chip on her shoulder, in sending the "Hindenburg" to America. Whether it be the proverbial Teutonic stubbornness, or the equally proverbial Teutonic density, that prompts the Nazi government to make this new overture, it is an ill-timed one in any case...
...wonder whether TIME correctly reported Mrs. Lawrence Wood ("Chip") Robert Jr.'s party for her white-carnation-bedecked horse, "John the Baptist" (TIME, April...
Only dissatisfaction among the delegates was that the machinery was merely being oiled instead of put to use at once. When the question rose of how to get each state to chip in its "Stenographer's salary." up bounced State Senator Ralph Gilbert of Kentucky. Said he: "Gentlemen, I am a busy man. I didn't want to come to this meeting because I was so busy at home. We've had a lot of fine talk here about cooperation, but high sounding phrases aren't enough. I can get $5,000 from my legislature...
...Washington Evelyn Walker Robert, beauteous wife of the recently resigned Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Wood ("Chip") Robert Jr., gave a large birthday party for her favorite horse, St. John the Baptist. St. John appeared at the party in a wreath of white carnations, eyed suspiciously a guest horse named Easter Sunday, several beribboned dogs...
...With a chip on his shoulder Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler left the New York Philharmonic nine years ago determined never to return so long as Arturo Toscanini shared that orchestra's command. The German's first U. S. concerts were brilliant. After Toscanini arrived in 1926, he became heckled by adverse criticism, lost his confidence, his force. Last month Toscanini announced that he could no longer continue as the Philharmonic's general music director (TIME, Feb. 24). Last week the post was offered to Conductor Furtwängler. who promptly accepted...