Word: comely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Army game, rose to cheer the loudspeaker report ".. at the end of the first half, Harvard Freshmen 14, Worcester Academy 0." And although the final score was not quite so impressive, Crimson football fans had the satisfaction of knowing that after two years of defeat, the Yardlings had come...
...Federal Fine Arts Commission: "I do not see how anybody can enjoy listening to the strains of Mendelssohn with the seat of his pants out." On President Roosevelt's promise that he did not want to become a dictator: "Assurances are not worth a continental when they come from men who care no more for their word than a tomcat cares for a marriage license in a back alley on a dark night." On AAA: "I was number eight in a brood of ten. Under this New Deal ... I never would have arrived at all. Or, had I been...
...mighty nice clothes and a pretty voice; Lulu Belle was glad. He said he guessed he'd die in the State's gas chamber; Lulu Belle was heartstricken. He said if only she would help him escape he'd go to church, be a good boy, come back for her in time. Lulu Belle believed...
...posse had got Jim Godwin. Hefty, heartbroken Lulu Belle wept again. That report was false, but after Bill Wilson lost his nerve, sneaked away and squealed, they did get Godwin, subdued him with a load of bird shot in the face. He still swore he had planned to come back for Lulu Belle and go straight -after he had robbed enough gas stations. Lulu Belle, out on $200 bail and hiding her fat red face at home, didn't believe him this time. She had found out he had a wife & child...
Addressing the Cortes in Barcelona last week, Leftist Premier Dr. Juan Negrin said: "Spaniards must come to an under-standing among themselves without outside aid." Similar sentiments were expressed in July 1937 by Leftist President Manuel Azaña, but last week New York Timesman Lawrence A. Fernsworth wirelessed from France that this time Premier Negrin meant business. In Spain, significantly added Mr. Fernsworth "the suggestion that peace negotiations may be under way is not permissible in the press or in news dispatches sent out of the country." The Leftist Government remains pledged to victory, "a formula that does...