Word: epithets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Arkansas is a "backward commonwealth" according to Arch-Lobbyist Joseph R. Grundy of Pennsylvania (TIME, Nov. 11). His criticism was economic, not social. Last week out of the Ozark back country trickled bits of news which illuminated the Grundy epithet in a new and startling manner...
...basketball teams from the Amherst college had been engaged in rolling up records for consecutive losses, this decision might be condoned as a last desperate measure before the oblivion of a dropped sport; but M. A. C. has had teams that could not even be dismissed with the epithet of faint praise "good small college outfits...
...natural to attend anything popular-priced rather hesitantly, especially when the epithet is applied to no refined an object as the opera, but the work of the Cosmopolitan Opera Company, at the Arlington for two weeks, leaves absolutely no basis for this fear. A small theater and stage, simple settings, singers not yet widely known--these might be handicaps for such an organization; instead they are transformed into positive aids. The grandiose atmosphere that surrounds the Chicago Company's midwinter performances is lacking; in its place is an enthusiastic group of singers and a fully appreciative audience...
Secretary Hyde's only practical knowledge of farming has come through his personal management of four farms, totaling 710 acres, belonging to his wife. To many a Missouri farmer his name is still anathema because as Governor he put through a road program which earned him the epithet of "tax-eater...
...rich sheep rancher, Republican Senator Warren was dubbed "the greatest shepherd since Abraham" because of his interest in a high wool tariff. His friends have now twisted this sarcastic epithet around to refer, in complimentary manner, to his legislative skill in herding bills through to passage. For the past eight years he has been chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, a post largely honorary since the House Appropriations Committee really does the hard work of framing supply bills...