Word: clung
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...princess. Morganatic and never recognized by the ancient Hungarian House of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst was her marriage to one of its scions, from whom she has been divorced for years. In London she was accepted socially by a few, including Margot, Countess of Oxford and Asquith; later clung on the fringes of Lady Astor's so-called "Cliveden Set." An active intrigante, during the mission to Prague of Viscount Runciman, busy Toffi was present at at least one tea party at which she and an assortment of Germans and Sudetens explained to Lord Runciman the Nazi point...
...Tigers led 9 to 7 at the end of the first quarter but the Crimson snatched the lead from them momentarily as Shermy Hoar tallied. The Orange and Black pushed across another touchdown before the half ended, however, and clung to their two point edge until the final gun sounded...
...their first concert, a recital by Pianist Hess, they expected a scattering of two or three hundred, were surprised by more than 1,000, who sprawled on the floor, leaned against the pillars, clung to the gallery's empty picture frames. ("Don't sit on those frames, please," pleaded the gallery's sweating guards. "They cost ?250 each.") By the time the first week's concerts were over, Pianist Hess had received nearly a hundred letters from famous musicians promising voluntary support, or services for a small fee, to help feed London's starved music...
...Leach rolled into Manhattan in his twelve-cylinder red Cadillac for the 45th annual convention of the N. M. A., the storm broke. A small group of Manhattan physicians, led by distinguished Skull-Surgeon Louis Tompkins Wright, started a movement to oust President-elect Leach. But Dr. Leach clung on. He insisted that he had been framed by Federal agents in 1928. "I had only one quart of Sandy MacDonald in my possession," he said, "and I was taking it home for my personal use." He promised to resign if the convention would only pass a motion vindicating...
Sold, the convention upheld his honor. But Dr. Leach still clung on. Realizing that they would never win any concessions from the A. M. A. with Dr. Leach in the saddle, the association after six days of wrangling, finally ousted him, ordered its lawyer to fight the whole matter out in court if necessary. Elected as new president was Dr. Albert Woods Dumas of Natchez, Miss...