Word: delights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...story into the headlines. The details of murder and attack in connection with wealth and social prominence would be enough to keep the incident prominent for some time alone. But added to this are the aspects of race prejudice, naval interference, and congressional investigation and imperialism. The former will delight the mass mind; and because of the latter comment from the most intelligent is inevitable. All papers have succumbed. The New York Times printed a complete and candid official naval report of the case and even the Transcript led last night's paper with a follow-up account (duly expurgated...
Cackling with delight at all these presents the 77-year-old Fox hobbled with the aid of his long staff about his home (where everyone calls him "Honorable Father") lavishly dispensing good cheer...
...reciprocated. The Sultan, to his vast delight, was made an Hon. Fellow of the Scottish Zoological Society. Finally Mrs. Wilson divorced Dr. Wilson and went back to Scotland. Fast followed the Sultan. In London last October they were married in Woking Mosque, were later received by King George & Queen Mary...
...Commerce Lamont was there to tell Oil that it must regard the public interest, must cease the "mad wastes" of the past. In the air was talk of setting up an Oil Dictator, to govern the petroleum business as baseball and cinema are governed. Mentioned (to his great delight) as possible oil tsar at a possible salary of $250.000 a year, was Vice President Charles Curtis...
...Harvey made his discovery, the first in modern physiology, by vivisection which "has always been my delight." He was a hardbitten, "small and choleric" man, physician to both Kings James I and Charles I of England. Of Francis Lord Bacon, philosopher and statesman, who was his patient, he once sneered: "He writes philosophy like a lord chancellor. I have cured...