Word: disgusted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Henry Mouquin, 97, famed Manhattan restaurateur and wine merchant; of old age; at his Williamsburg, Va. estate which he bought in 1871, and to which he retired in disgust at the advent of Prohibition. Born near Lausanne to a family of Swiss hotelkeepers. he used to say that his father fed him a spoonful of wine before he was allowed to suckle. Next to Prohibition, he detested the machine age, refused to use a telephone or ride in an automobile. His favorite vehicle was a coach, originally built for President James Monroe, which he bought in 1870. Sometimes...
Died. Frank Jenners Wilstach, 63, censor of U. S. cinemadvertising & publicity, wit, bibliophile, author, compiler of similes, sometime business manager of DeWolf Hopper, Sothern & Marlowe. Mrs. Leslie Carter, William Faversham; of influenza; in Manhattan. His famed Dictionary of Similes sprang out of his disgust for the phrase, "The news spread like wildfire." "Wildfire," he fumed, "is a disease of sheep. It is also a bolt of sheet lightning. I'm going to end this...
...utter disgust at the behavior of the Chamber of Deputies last week doughty old Premier Albert ("Tomcat") Sarraut exclaimed, "The financial hemorrhage continues!" Few hours later he rode off to present the resignation of his four-week-old Cabinet to President Albert Lebrun...
...suppose the average undergraduate realizes or cares about the feelings of disgust which fill the minds of loyal Harvard graduates as they see these riot scenes around the goal posts after football games. At any rate, I trust that if the Harvard Tennis Team defeats Yale at New Haven they will not consider it proper to tear up the nets and posts and bring them home. Arthur W. Blakemore...
...given by Landru, the wife-murderer, sets off to the assignation. Some French generals hear of the resurrection, insist that the Little Corporal make all Europe French. After a visit to a disarmament conference, a few experiences with radios and telephones, Napoleon goes back to the wax works in disgust. All this is handled with the worst direction, the most inexpert acting (including that of Miss Ulric) and the shabbiest mise en scene now observable on Broadway...