Word: exception
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Writing of pronunciation, some of us would like to know if "enj'yment" is the preferred pronunciation in New England. President Coolidge's speech was much enjoyed by the enormous crowd present, except for some northern harsh-nesses of his tongue...
From the diningroom walls, President and Mrs. Coolidge, in oils, gaze coolly down upon the throng. (Taft and Wilson are in the foyer; Roosevelt in the hall. All the Presidents except Harding hang somewhere in the White House...
Bosses to Work! Lest he seem a destructive critic, Edward of Wales proceeded to tell the flabbergasted Tycoons, last week, exactly how to sell more goods. Broaching this advice modestly enough, he confessed with a smile: "I've never tried to sell anybody anything in my life, except a few horses...
...house elevators are few and far between. Service elevators are unknown. Such lifts as there are are proudly marked "Nur für Herrschaften"-"For Gentry Only!" It is always understood, and generally written in the lease, that no messengers, delivery boys, or servants may ride in the lift except when the servant is accompanied by the employer or the employer's dog, cat, etc. That has been the rule, but last week a new day broke for flat-footed menials...
...President Coolidge did receive, last week, a telegram worded exactly as above except that THE DENVER POST was substituted for THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE and the self-descriptive blurb was LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN THE MISSOURI RIVER AND THE PACIFIC COAST. The telegram was signed by that dark, daring Desperate Desmond of Journalism, Frederick G. Bonfils, owner-publisher of the Denver Post, onetime riverboat gambler...