Word: flushes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would make possible the balancing of the budget even on its present reduced level, and until a full statement of the economies actually agreed upon is forthcoming, it is impossible to say whether the H.A.A. has wholly overcome the exaggerated conception of college sport which was prevalent during the flush Twenties. But the H.A.A. has made an honest effort and if, as seems likely, it would be willing to make further economies only at the expense of schedules, the compromise plan is probably the most satisfactory...
...charge for remaining "loyal" to the Nanking Government thrifty General Chen Chi-tang has demanded and received more than $3,000,000 in the past three months. Flush with cash, General Chen turned his thoughts last week to tender young monkeys, the kind served temptingly in Canton restaurants as a spécialité de la maison, which tastes not unlike chicken...
...little group of men to whom silver is almost a religion, those who have fought to raise its price, to see the day when silver once more became money. To Senator Pittman of Nevada, who wangled through the London agreement, it was a delightful Christmas present. In the first flush of joy he predicted that it would: 1) stabilize the world price of silver at 64 1/2 ? 2) increase buying power in the U. S. 50%; 3) increase the exchange value of the moneys of China, India, Mexico and all South America 60% so that they would buy more...
When Poetess Barrett eloped with Mr. Browning, Flush naturally went along. He enjoyed Italy as much as they did. In a land where nobody thought of kidnapping dogs, with a mistress who had ceased to be an invalid in becoming a wife, Flush led an unrestrained and roving life, made up for many a lost love-affair. With the Brownings he visited England and Wimpole Street once again, but he was glad to get back to Italy, to spend his old age in the southern sun and to die in peace by his beloved mistress's side...
...Flush is one of the two choices (see p. 55) of the Book-of-the-Month Club for October...