Word: famed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have a big evening at his expense; adding that he would not honor any expense account for less than $50. Quieter in manner, taller and thinner in figure, less pretentious but nonetheless admired is Philadelphia's manager and part owner, Cornelius ("Connie Mack") McGillicuddy. He has gained fame through baseball -and baseball alone. He attends every game his Athletics play, invariably sits in the same place in the dugout, seldom raises his voice to command or correct. He last brought an American League pennant to Philadelphia in 1914, has since then watched his team fluctuate between the cellar...
...corruption and bribery. Likewise jailed has been Naoyoshi Amaoka, the Tanaka president of the Board of Decoration, indicted specifically for selling "honorary decorations" to vain Japanese during the Imperial enthronement ceremonies last November and December. Sadly has the honest, industrious Seiyukai Leader watched his old ministry gather ill-fame. Tanaka, "the frank, magnanimous, indulgent and unreserved," as his countrymen frequently referred to him, found it hard to believe his "Seiyukai soldiers" could betray him thus. Most crushing denunciation of his régime fell three days before his death, when his right-hand man, Heikichi Ogawa, vice president of Seiyukai...
...Also a Harvard graduate, also a lawyer, also a President's son was the late great Robert Todd Lincoln who died last year. Modest, retiring, he gained fame through his deeds rather than his name. Longtime head of Pullman Co., he was also director of many a Chicago corporation. He was onetime Secretary of War, onetime Ambassador to Great Britain...
...years seems somewhat out of accord with the decline of pro sports in general. We now have two pro tennis players who are considered to be on a par with the cream of the amateur group in Karel Kozeluh, the Czech wonder, and Vincent Richards, formerly of amateur fame in this country. These two recently engaged in a match which according to eye witnesses produced tennis of a far higher brand than the Tilden-Hunter final of the national singles championship held within the last few weeks on the same Forest Hills courts. This is of course partly explained...
There seems to be no death for unrestrained publicity. We can only rejoice in our simplicity and be glad that we are plain. The day that we attain fame and fortune is to be feared and dreaded. May we forever be humble folk who can call our lives...