Word: flatness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Washington, National Superintendent McBride was informed of the Ohio editorial by a Manhattan colleague who called it "flat dumbness," "not so particularly vicious as it is extremely foolish." Announced Leaguer McBride: "The Anti-Saloon League of America stands ready to support a Dry Catholic for the Presidency against a Wet Protestant...
Before he could reach Paris, Mr. Kellogg had to go to Havre. He stood on the deck, last week, as the ship slipped into the narrow harbor. From where he stood, he could see, at the right, the houses of Havre which seem flat like the backdrop of a theatre. He could also see, to the East, the sun. He could not see an object upon which the sun's rays were playing...
...study the law. The son wanted to study art. He studied both simultaneously and never practiced law. His first paintings were realistic and ordinary, yet showed that flashy brilliance that many Russians have when they are young and conceited. He spent a year in Paris and turned impressionist. Fantastic flat decorations are his forte and peculiarity. In this manner he has tried to picture Russia's and Asia's past. His pieces number about 3,000. Several hundred are in the Roerich Museum in Manhattan. They are wierd, mystical, fascinating...
...best bars and restaurants in the city and often had tea with persons whose belongings he had previously appropriated. He was quite frequently spoken of as the best dressed man in Paris; indeed when they arrested him the police found 125 splendid suits of clothes hanging in his humble flat; and Auguste Moessner smoothing his hair, remarked, "Yes, my elegant appearance was my best protection...
Testimony indicates that unorthodox foods can be made appetizing. Snake and chicken are much alike.* Like white meat of chicken too are frog legs. Horse meat is sweet, dog steaks flat. Rat and cat are little different from tame rabbit. Snails fried alive in butter have a quaint taste, are tough to chew. Human flesh is sweet. Toasted grasshoppers have a nutty flavor. Earthworms, washed clean and gently stewed, have a tangy tartness...