Word: employs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would suggest that any husband in such circumstances could employ with wrath-averting dignity the self-effacing answer Bassanio made to Portia's magnificent devotion of herself: "Madam, you have bereft me of all words."-Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene...
...aims was to make the Bookman "a friendly magazine" for readers, contributors and the writers whose books were criticized therein. For his friendliness, Mr. Farrar gained, among more just thanks, a reputation for "undue optimism." Said Mr. Farrar in his farewell: "Think of all the adjectives I can now employ! Where I have been accustomed to using 'great,' 'magnificent,' 'heart-rending,' I can now say 'bunk,' 'babbittry,' 'balderdash...
...Hyland, a subordinate to the other defendants, accepted their policy of silence. Thus out fell thieves and honest men prospered. The State's case rested chiefly upon the evidence of Harry Thomasson, who confessed that he and his brother had killed Mayor Adams, but had acted in the employ of Messrs. Birger and Newland. On the night of Dec. 12, 1926, Mr. Thomasson said, he and his brother drove up to the home of Mayor Adams in a car driven by Mr. Hyland. They rang Mr. Adams doorbell, shot and killed him when he opened the door. Another witness...
This statement did not exaggerate, and the task of taming Ireland's "wild men" fell to 28-year-old Kevin O'Higgins. At one time the new Free State had to employ an army of 40,000 men to put down that violence which had become second nature to Irishmen. Firmness was needed and Mr. O'Higgins proved himself capable of making bold, salutary decisions with the quickness of a steel trap. His enemies became innumerable. His success in quieting Ireland and restoring the police power earned him a title: "Ireland's Strongest...
...part by Erik Huneker, son of the late James Gibbons Huneker, famed music critic of the Sun, Times, World. To James Gibbons Huneker is attributed the remark "Nothing succeeds like insincerity." His influence is seen in the writing of such critics as George Jean Nathan who love to employ dynamite prose for blowing up anything at all just to see how it looks in little bits. "Steeplejack" Huneker, as he was known, liked to exasperate the uplifters of the late Victorian era by his disgraceful behavior. Many a stein of beer he quaffed in scandalous company. Many an adventure...