Word: favor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...grasping Brugundian nobles. Francois Villon once again lives as the Robin Hood of France; Louis XI consults his astrologer; bibulous rogues hoist their beakers while their voices are raised in fulsome drinking songs; Scottish Guards march boldly; and court ladies make one regret the passing of gallantry in favor of equal rights...
Clarence Walker Barron, editor: "This item appeared in my Barron's Weekly, financial newspaper, last week: 'Bewhiskered men in the financial district are not common. Some favor the mustache, but few go in for beards. George F. Baker, dean of the American banking field, is entitled to the honor of maintaining the dignity of bankers for he boasts a full-fledged beard, while the dignified whiskers of C. W. Barron, dean of the American financial news field, are known in Europe and Asia as well as the United States and Canada. Another internationally known individual whose consumption...
...native tribes of New Guinea are in an unusually low state of civilization" declared Putnam. "In dealing with the average type of native, the African for example a man may court the favor of the tribal chief by the judicious bestowal of a few trinkets which may take his fancy, and in return for which he will force his humble subjects to pose for photographs etc. But not so with the aborigine of New Guinea. His is a communistic society and he recognizes no will but his own. It is therefore necessary to please each individual and the number...
Professor Karpovich then explained that for centuries, the Russian peasants had had a desire to take over all the land in the country. The Kerensky government had itself been in favor of such a move but intended to effect it in an orderly manner. The Bolsheviks on the other hand advocated immediate seizure and the people were in such a frenzy that the quicker course was by far the more popular. The Reds thus had two trump cards, immediate peace and immediate seizure of land; the people did not support the Bolsheviks because they were such, but because...
...done within the memory of man by at least one of his favorite Thespians. Pauline Frederick returned to the legitimate stage last week, in London after a long absence during which she played in cinema. Her vehicle: the well-known Madame X, in which many a tragedienne had won favor before her. She had acted the role in movies, true. But many an actress had played the same role before London audiences in the same Lyceum Theatre. How would the U. S. actress compare...