Word: eared
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conditions is caused by several reasons. Perhaps the greatest factor in the change is the Radio. Since its invention and its broadcasting of music, songs become known by the public much sooner than they used to be when the victrola was the most rapid means of conveying it from ear to ear. Today a piece of music is literally worn out by Radio. No good piece that the public likes can possibly last more than a few months at the rate it is now being heard by the public, daily...
...Skipper' is only a mongrel dog who loiters about the campus of Furnam University, Greenville, S. C., yet three students have been expelled from the school by vote of the student council because of him. The youths cut off his right ear with a razor, inclosed it in a envelope with a note and slipped it under the door of his master's room...
...Peter Pan not-quite-grown-up, Sir James enjoys, even from Royalty, something like the indulgence accorded in every British heart to Peter. Therefore, last week, though 300 guests were present at the royal tea, Sir James approached the Queen-Empress and whispered a request in her ear, as even good little boys sometimes do with their grown-up hostess...
...presumed to prove hat Henry Ford is decaying as a maker of motor cars. And he illustrated the article with a caricature of Mr. Ford "shown dressed as a gentleman of 1860 driving a typical vehicle of that period." The "Henry Ford" of the picture has a big ear, sidewhiskers, mustache, horseteeth, a head far too large for his high hat, and braided pants. Excerpts from Forbes: "Here are some of the things learned about Henry Ford and his activities during a visit of investigation the writer has paid to Detroit: He and his products are being rigidly boycotted...
...well supported by Harvard names, today is added the Law School and the Liberal Club. The petition of the first-mentioned organization, at least, should add a weighty voice to chorus of protests, many of them based purely on sentimentality, that now is being sung in Governor Fuller's ear...