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...aristocratic restraint. His predecessor, Signor Vittorio Ricci, in a similar situation, once made a speech attacking the U. S. Congress in no uncertain terms. He went to Rome on a vacation which has not yet ended. Prince Gelasio's diplomacy is of a higher order and he merits the epithet of aristocratic diplomat, diplomatic aristocrat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Serene Silence | 4/28/1924 | See Source »

Despite his enthusiasm for the Advocate's contest, however, Mr. King offered no epithet with which to brand the "Anti-scofflaw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "FINE!" SAYS DELCEVARE KING OF ADVOCATE OFFER | 1/29/1924 | See Source »

...other able members of the World staff, a few millionaires, a few artists, the centurions of the "400," an occasional ambassador. With them as gallery he demonstrates his remarkable proficiency with the croquet mallet, always holding the center of the stage With the loudest voice, the most daring epithet, the most active mind. His luncheon guests came. He picked three of them?Judge O'Brien, Joseph P. Day, George E. Smith to head committees ? "Self -Appointed Citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Goose Chase | 1/28/1924 | See Source »

...dictionary of the future will contain the above entry, if the popular imagination is captured by the winning word in the $200 contest which has been conducted recently by Delcevare King '95 for an epithet of bitter opprobrium applicable to a lawless drinker. From among over 25,000 words submitted by 6234 people, the winning term was chosen, according to the announcement of the award made last night by the judges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "SCOFILAW" WILL MAKE LAWLESS DRINKER CRINGE | 1/16/1924 | See Source »

...between the two originators, Henry Irving Dale of Andover, and Miss Kate L. Butler of Fields Corner. Despite the alleged unpopularity of the wets in the West and the many entries received from that section of the country, Massachusetts, the stronghold of anti-Volstead sentiment, has furnished the chosen epithet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "SCOFILAW" WILL MAKE LAWLESS DRINKER CRINGE | 1/16/1924 | See Source »

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