Word: chris
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chris was a good lad, according to the dim lights of his submerged world. Married seven years, father of two, and still in love with his Anne, he thought himself in luck to have a steady job as stoker on a transatlantic liner, to spend one blissful week at home out of every hard month. It never occurred to his simple mind, nearly as calloused as his hands, that Anne might not be contented as he was. His boozy father-in-law hinted, neighborhood gossip spoke plainer, Anne herself as good as told him that something was wrong. The most...
Confronted by newshawks, Columnist McIntyre reiterated his fondness for "Chris'" but, as for quoting without credit, "If it did happen it happened unintentionally." Mr. McIntyre's syndicate (McNaught) was more articulate. Said Editor Charles Driscoll...
...Morley enthusiast. (Sample McIntyre column note: "The most perfect verbal silversmith, to my notion, is Christopher Morley.") Morley went on to say that McIntyre had been so carried away by his enthusiasm that for 15 years he consistently cribbed Morleyisms in his daily columns, now in book form. Wrote "Chris" Morley...
...Cincinnati dock, one sultry afternoon, Mary Becker Greene stood in the wheelhouse of her newest steamboat, peered up the Ohio River, impatiently fingered the wheel. Hefty "Ma" Greene is the only licensed woman navigator on inland waterways in the U. S. With her two hefty sons, Tom and Chris, she operates the Greene Line, founded by her late husband. At 68, she can do most shipboard jobs, bosses her crews without profanity, likes to sew and embroider on deck. Recently "Ma" Greene bought for $135,000 the old-style packet Cape Girardeau which Chicago's onetime Mayor William Hale...
...unbowed, and believing coldly that force must fight force. A cooked goose in Duncairn, he goes from job to job, quarrels with his sweetheart when he finds that her socialism will not stand up against economic pressure, leaves home to go to London and fight for the Cause. Chris goes off to a cottage in the country to think life over...