Word: delights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Quite frankly, we are rapidly getting bored with those enthusiastic Freshmen who find a tasty repast for the athletic field in the young ladies from Miss Winsor's. Our Romeoetical complexes never have been satisfied by plump maidens, attired in healthy bloomers, who shriek with delight as they force their Lotharios to wallow in the mud. It is too reminiscent of the gentleman who told us the other day that he was fond of one girl when he was unable to tell whether she was male or female...
...years Herb Williams has made vaudeville audiences scream with delight by his quavering plea of "Spotlight!" from a dark stage. Sometimes billed as "The Bulgarian Military Pianist," he used to rummage for a ham sandwich under his piano lid, draw himself a glass of beer from a spigot beneath the keyboard. His comedy was generally of the tear-the-place-to-pieces variety...
Sinclair managers published with delight a letter saying: "By electing Hon. Upton Sinclair, your popular Democratic Candidate for Governor, California will have a combination of leaders in Washington and Sacramento who can cooperate in the best interest of the people of the State and Nation." The signature was in green ink, "James A. Farley." At the bottom of the letter was a handwritten postscript, also in green ink: "Friends of the Administration in Washington will be gratified for all your efforts...
This is Guy Vernor Slade "32, former leader and now the "maestro of the drill," from whose brain are evolved the formations and maneuvers which delight the crowds each Saturday. The "best examples of his talent are the "bow and arrow" and "wah hoo wah" formations staged for the Hanoverians last Saturday...
Sirs: Your three pages on Upton Sinclair in TIME, Oct. 22 are a delight. Sinclair is a mixed character: lovable, sincere, honest, intensely courageous, and, like all radicals, not always well-balanced. Immediately after the publication of The Jungle I wrote him a letter of appreciation and in his reply he dubbed me brother-an unexpected family affiliation of which I have always felt proud and a little embarrassed. Whether he is elected or defeated, I shall always remain fraternally his. EDWIN...