Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...possible exception of Senator Borah of Idaho, the foremost liberal in the U. S. Senate. Nearly a quarter century ago, his state sent this farmer lawyer from the plains to the House of Representatives. He was and is homely, unimposing, with bristling hair over a broad brow and keen deep-set eyes; he had and has courage, industry and a ready tongue. First in the House (1903-13), later in the Senate (1913-31) he bitterly fought favoritism and oppression in all its varied forms. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Democrat, his fellow Senator from Nebraska, (1911-23) was his most cherished...
...order to avoid publicity, Mr. Ford remained at home for two days before being taken to the Henry Ford Hospital at Dearborn. He had suffered a slight concussion of the brain, several deep cuts, innumerable bruises, no broken bones. He recovered gradually, painfully...
...acted by George Higginson '27 ambassador and lieutenant of King Philipe of Spain, who don't mean right by our Nell! Ramon, scorned and repulsed, carries out to the best of his ability the commands of his King, as well he should do, and with cautious footstep and deep breathing he attempts to--but you'll have to see that for yourself...
...army with banners, and since Editor Mencken possesses, like most successful Americans, a flair for slapstick showmanship, it may be doubted that the American Mercury is now read for idle-minded amusement by sheepish culture-hunters less than it is read with deep attention by serious people. The half-baked phrase-snatcher on whose lips "babbitt" and "moron" are now most often heard must infuriate Mr. Mencken while he continues to get out the most provocative review...
...enty" (isn't that so?), 'sho'," "Jedus." A three-dimensional talking cinema could reproduce folk-life no more fully nor could any director efface himself as completely as Mrs. Peterkin to let a rich stream of life take its own way through playful eddies and deep pools. Black April is a full size product, as authentic as a bumper cotton crop. The Author. Her birthday was Halloween, 1880. Her mother died and she was reared by an oldtime Negro "mauma." Her name, Julia Mood, was near the top of the class of 1896 at Converse College