Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That though all could and did read newspapers, the jurors had not heard of the supreme court's condemnation of the Sinclair lease and of Secretary Fall...
Senator Nye said: "This is emphatic evidence that you can't convict a million dollars in the U. S. under the order that now prevails. The Supreme Court has got the number of this whole gang, and in the minds of the American people, Sinclair stands convicted...
Senator Borah said: "I guess I'll have to look over the Supreme Court decision again...
...chin, climbed through the ropes of a ring and sat down in his corner, people always felt sorry for his opponent. How terrible it would be to face that hunched body with the enormous shoulders, endure the glare of those narrowed black eyes. . . . Last week in a District Court in Manhattan Jack Dempsey climbed into a chair and sat down. He had on a new suit, his fierce black eyes looked sheepish. He stuck his thumbs into the pockets of his vest and wriggled them. He took his watch out of his pocket and played with the stem...
Died. Arthur Amory Houghton, 61, glass manufacturer (Corning Glass Co.), brother of Alanson Bigelow Houghton, Ambassador to the Court of St. James's; following a year-long illness; in Manhattan...