Word: formers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...successive days no small divergence in interpreting events at Geneva widened between correspondents on the spot and the press officials of the U. S. State Department. The former developed a pessimistic and the latter an optimistic view of chances that the Powers would agree to reduction of armaments. "Mischievous" became official Washington's adjective to describe what was coming over the cables. Finally the views of the President were made known in the following sense...
Meanwhile the ghosts of former days hover anxiously over the heritage of three centuries in sullen defiance of the modern strata on the avenue. Courtiers pass but the grandeur of tradition still holds its grip upon their modern descendants. Modern methods of artificial duplication serve sufficiently to erect a set upon which these youthful actors may display their talents, such as they are, and gratify the eager ambition of parents to whose benefit the family shirt may now be waved advantageously. Capitalists give till it hurts in this new phase of war on the social front, while the first line...
Tonight at 6.30 o'clock, Sir Herbert Ames, former Treasurer of the League of Nations will speak on the work of the League and of his experience while treasurer...
...Hotchkiss Record, the student newspaper of the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, has been awarded the 1928-29 CRIMSON Cup, it was announced last night by R. A. Stout '29, former president of the CRIMSON. The competition, open to the preparatory school publications in the Eastern Federation of School Newspapers, is in its fourth year. The Choate News, by winning the trophy three years in succession, automatically eliminated itself from this year's competition...
...former star of Rio Rita is so clever with her nimble dance steps that by the time she comes out for her third encore, the house is hers, the song about her boy friend's "shushpenders," and her dance "Subway Shuffle," completely captivating the audience. As for Miss Foster, we are forced to admit that her playlet is rather crude, but her acting, plus her dark hair and bright eyes--well it was a good...