Word: dare
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That while on the Pacific Coast he engaged in drinking and other disgraceful parties, after one of which, on a dare, Forbes and a woman jumped into Hayden Lake near Spokane...
...Democrats are on the whole young and, by comparison, an intellectual party. They dare not oppose
...insurgents and radicals in Congress, finding popularity in the slogan "Soak the rich," want to increase income surtaxes and restore excess profits taxes; the Democrats are willing to fall in with almost any program that will "soak the Republicans"; and the Republicans would like to reduce taxes, if they dare. The fight of the three Parties will take place when Congress opens. Already there is a contest on between the Republicans, those who dare to try reduction of taxes and those...
...cruise from Gourock on the Clyde to the isles of Greece in a 19-ton yacht, the Caltha, under sail. The record of the sort of thing that all suppressed adventurers dream about whenever they pass the window of Thomas Cook & Son, and only the lucky and courageous few dare translate into reality. Blue water, grey water, storms and calms, the Balearic Isles, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Cartagena, Alicante, Civita Vecchia, Athens, Constantinople and its bubble-domed mosques, the men that go down to the sea in sailing ships, the adventures and wonders of the deep. A high-hearted, humorous sea-tale...
Those who know Mr. Fisher assert without question that he never thought of casting a reflection on the memory of President Harding. He himself explicitly denied the imputation that " President Harding favored the League of Nations, but did not dare to make his views public." The statements attributed by Mr. Fisher to the late President are not contrary to the general substance of Mr. Harding's speeches which favored an " Association of Nations." There is no question but that Mr. Fisher is innocent of all political arts, as some of his accusers...