Word: distractedness
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"Rape of the Mace." Almost too much for British editors was this desecration of the Mace. The august Time's editorial, "The Rape of the Mace" was an attempt at urbanity but the editor of the Daily Telegraph (Conservative) let himself go completely, openly deplored the presence of Rules Chairman...
Out to the south lawn behind the White House offices marched President Hoover, Statesman Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Adams, Senator Joseph Robinson. A naval and a military aide stood by as the President and the three members of the U. S. delegation at the London Conference ranged themselves before...
Of course not all Brazil's coffee is hoarded. She sells and exports every year between two-thirds and three-fourths of the world's supply. But surplus has piled on surplus, year after year, until Brazil's hoard is both an economic and a political menace to the government...
Particularly pleased were the pages to be reassured of the friendly feeling of sharp-calling Senators. On the floor, pages are summoned from their perches on the rostrum steps by various forms of hand noises. Senator Simmons of North Carolina has distracted more than one speaking Senator by a resounding...
Last fortnight Duncan Phillips published for the first time a magazine named Art and Understanding. It is hereafter to appear twice a year. Called "A Phillips Publication," and written for the most part by the publisher himself, its illustrations are from canvases in the Phillips Gallery. There are also reprinted...