Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were quotations from St. Luke and references to angels. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, scripturally minded always, had found therein the name for the ship-not a fighting ship, but a messenger of good will. Other cities, not far from Los Angeles, saw rather in the christening a flattering compliment from a favorite son of the cinema capital. They resented it. Said they: "Why not San Francisco? Why not Seattle...
...address the Chamber. He was Carlo Delcroix, Italy's living symbol of the War and all the horrors and glories it represented. This man, whose power over the Italian people can be compared to that of Mussolini and d'Annunzio, was nominated a Fascist Deputy as a compliment and a tribute. That was before he bared his fangs and showed that his bite was more powerful than his bark. When, earlier in the year, he bitterly attacked Fascismo, his Fascist comrades were not so sure that they had done a good thing for the Party by giving...
...reelection there seemed to be no question. A huge majority for him could be seen rolling up on Idaho's peaks, though he was detained on a rat hunt (see Page 3) in Washington, helpless to help it roll. Few Republicans could hope for a higher compliment than that paid Senator Borah by the rabidly Democratic New York World, which published an editorial addressed to the people of Idaho, imploring them not to fail in their duty of reëngaging this valuable national servant...
That the State Department should have extended the invitation does not indicate a departure from the established attitude of the government toward the arts. Nothing more than a state courtesy, Mr. Hughes has merely returned the compliment of the French Ministry of Fine Arts in inviting James K. Hackett to Paris in 1921 to play "Macbeth...
...Premier MacDonald. He said in his speech that "everything would be done" to bring about a compromise between the Free State and Northern Ireland before the bill became law. Meanwhile, he contended, the measure must be passed because Britain's honor was at stake. Then, paying a pretty compliment to the Conservatives, he asseverated...