Word: commenter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...envoys. With only a bill of exceptions and the Massachusetts Supreme Court, or the Governor's pardon, between them and death, Comrades Sacco and Vanzetti were more than ever the potential fuses for bombs* under the chairs of unwary U.S. dignitaries, whose safety was not increased by comment such as the opening editorial sentence of last week's Nation: "Judge Webster Thayer is a disgrace to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
...delegates assembled within the walled and turreted Kremlin last week. Lumbering peasants, stalwart workers, stern or oleaginous officials, they made up the 15th Conference of the Communist Party. One-fourth of them were empowered to take the floor in reply to a question from the Chair. One-sixth could comment on the debate. One-fourteenth were authorized to make speeches...
...Oliver Lodge, famed spiritist, sound scientist, was besieged but made no public comment on the alleged news from 'Gomaruru" that Martians were seven feet tall, with heavy black hair, slanted eyes, big ears; appetites for tea and tobacco; electric airplanes, gigantic waterpower developments (the "canals...
Although the event in itself is merely another of the malodorous hits of news which so often decorate the newspapers, the fact that this particular affair is directly attributable to the church will certainly cause much comment from the ranks of the unbelievors Always waiting to take advantage of any slip made by their arch-enemy, they will never let such a juicy morsel as this slip through their fingers. Pointing to this as an example of the too often misdirected energies of the church, they will as usual cry with alarm at the very thought of the church holding...
...Gozzie and has never before appeared on an American stage. It has been completely revised by Gilbert Seldes, who converted it into an amusing burlesque of modern customs, under the guise of a seventeenth century fairy tale. Prohibition and Puritanism, war and international diplomacy all come in for vigorous comment. Many of the institutions of modern life and all modern eccentricities are presented in broad irony. Present day actors, critics, and audiences; fashions in clothes; movies, and real-estate agents are included...