Word: describeed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The flagship of the Lithuanian Navy is a chugging, wallowing armed minesweeper, the President Smetona. Last week Lithuanians were shamefaced and vexed when a pirate ship, the Hassan Birr, which has been terrorizing Baltic seacoast villages for over a month, escaped for the eleventh time, after being sighted, fired at...
"Craftsmanship
The G. O. P.'s sloganeers eyed with interest the following quotation, reported or invented by Pundit Mark Sullivan of the New York Herald Tribune to describe the relation between Prosperity and Prohibition in the feelings of the midwest: " 'I don't like Prohibition, but I'...
Prostitution: "Mr. William Allen White sailed for Europe with a happy and contented mind. I hope, and I would not disturb it by attempting to describe to him the heavy weight that he laid upon my family when he accused me of being a friend of prostitution. . . . My record as...
Gangsters and gunmen have names that describe their talents. The Rough Riders of Jack the Dropper, were led by Kid Dropper, so called because in the early days of his career, he often pounced on children pitching pennies, beat them to earth and seized their coins.