Word: fond
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Miguel de Unamuno was born nearly 60 years ago, and is a scion of an old Basque family. The Basques speak a language foreign to Spaniards; they are passionately fond of freedom and independence−as witness their history; in battle, whether of deeds or words, they are brave and tenacious...
...field of the concentrated eyes of the eame element that awaited the citation of the Government's credo. President Doumergue, who hails from the Midi (Southern France), found time to say that he was a bullfighting fan; he therefore becomes the bullfighting President. Corpulent Premier Herriot, who is fond of a pipe, sought momentary relaxation in a Bohemian cafe where he was found eating sauerkraut-a happy augury for better Franco-German relations-and he therefore became "the corpulent, pipe-puffing, kraut-eating Premier of France...
...furnisher of this entertainment is Barclay H. Warburton, Jr., of Philadelphia. His grandfather was the founder of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. His father continued as publisher of the paper. His mother was a daughter of John Wanamaker. The son, Barclay H., Jr., is a young man, curly-haired, fond of dancing, who frequently visits Palm Beach. He came to the gumchewers...
...Paris Opera on the night of June 3. Chaliapin stalked out on the stage and took a deep breath for the first notes of his great aria. The eye of Fyodor met the eye of Serge. A glance of the eye was sufficient as Beau Brummell was fond of remarking. That glance was charged with vibrations not altogether harmonious. Koussevfeky threw down his baton and marched out in smothered rage. The audience tittered gleefully. Chaliapin stood his ground. A new conductor, De Posse, formerly of the Chicago Opera, was hustled to the desk. The opera went on. The buzz...
...infallibility which is the expression of the mind of the Church through the Pope as its organ of statement and which is authenticated by its recognition by the whole Church." The Martian would have heard that six Bishops had associated themselves with the gathering, to wit: Weller of Fond du Lac, Webb of Milwaukee, Griswold of Chicago, Johnson of Colorado, the British Bishop of Honduras, " most gorgeous of all, " and Ethelbert Talbot, senior Bishop of the entire Church. Finally, he would have heard Dr. George Stewart, of Evanston, III, declare: " It is our duty to make it unmistakable that...