Word: favor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Referring to Mr. Angus Hibbard's letter (TIME, July 12), I cast my vote unreservedly in favor of the continuance of your editorial notes. Where's the bad taste...
...greatly favor the footnotes in TIME. They are always interesting and often provide a diverting fillip, as well as information on side lights that could not be incorporated in the article proper without awkwardness. For instance, I was very glad to see in TIME, June 14, p. 7, the clear description of poker, which previously had been principally a name only...
...wastes of costume and scenery usual in such endeavors. It tells a simple comedy simply and ends it with the true pathos of tragedy. Nell Gwyn is shown meeting the King outside Drury Lane. She rises through his patronage to a prominent place on the English stage. Through his favor she confounds the haughty females of the court. He dies with the famous words, "Don't let poor Nell starve." Dorothy Gish (perhaps best of all movie comediennes) plays the part with unerring wit and sympathy...
...invitation from the President is a command, although it is usually worked to permit declinations in favor of previous engagements.* Governor Alfred E. ("Smiling") Smith was unable to accept President Coolidge's first luncheon date, so their respective secretaries exchanged cordial telegrams and arranged a second...
Tsar Ferdinand, his country conquered by the Allies during the War, abdicated in favor of his son, Boris. But Tsar Boris has never been crowned. "My country," he declares, "must not be put to the vast expense of a coronation...