Word: dipped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with the idea that he may be the 20th Century reincarnation of Poland's Frédéric François Chopin. Agile and talkative Moissaye Boguslawski's interest in maintaining circulation in his fingers has sound precedent among other pianists. Josef Hofmann and Paderewski dip theirs in hot water. Percy Grainger slaps his on his kneecaps. Only pianists' stimulant of which Pianist Boguslawski disapproves is whiskey. He drinks hot tea, likes to accompany it with thick sandwiches of corned beef...
Without holding a brief for or against the Brothers Goldblatt as a native Chicagoan, I cannot help but resent the implication that a name like Goldblatt will per se besmirch the beauty of State St., and dip its standards into the mud. I would like to point out to you gentlemen of limitless knowledge and particularly to your erudite Chicago editorial staff that such distinguished Anglo-Saxon and Norman names as Marshall Field and Carson, Pine Scott & Co.. rather than symbolizing State St., Chicago, have long stood and do stand forlornly alone amid the non-Aryan hosts...
...were scared by its speed. They took good profits, then wryly watched their favorite issues double, treble, sometimes quadruple in value after they had disposed of them. Some stocks stood still, some are now far below their recent highs and a few actually declined. But, after each little dip in the market, prices in general have gone...
...Alaska, will "the constitution follow the flag?" The Vagabond chuckles in secret glee. Professor Hopper buttons up his coat again and waves his hand airily. Government 30 has its first laugh of the day. Russia, planning, famine, struggle--but enough. Back to the Tower to mull the wine and dip the croissants...
...reader, but the detail is necessarily so abundant, the subject is inevitably so remote, that the common reader, at any rate, will find the book bewildering and difficult to grasp. It is, of course, a book to be digested wholly, though people who are already familiar with Jonson may dip into it from time to time and seize information on their favorite play for future consumption. It is not a book to read at one sitting, for at best one's interest in Jonson nowadays is secondary. As Mr. T. S. Eliot once remarked, Jonson is more often praised than...