Word: fortyish
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When hard, fortyish Colonel Robert de la Roque marched with his quick, springy stride into the Premier's office anything was possible, including - as some jittery Paris papers pointed out - civil war. Gold was in panicky flight from France, citadel of the Gold Standard. Nearly $50,000,000 worth had been drawn by frightened capitalists from the Bank of France within 48 hours to be rushed abroad. Moreover Premier Doumergue had every reason to believe that he had the nation with him and against the politicians on his project of reforming the Constitution. For days delegations had been arriving...
...Saito had just escorted to the White House the President of Japan's House of Peers, tall, fortyish Prince Fumimaro Konoye. who is in the U. S. as a "Goodwill Ambassador." Snapped Ambassador Saito: "The only thing I can imagine is that the President voluntarily told us he was going to Hawaii and expressed the wish to go to Japan. However, he said that would be impossible. That was every word that was said...
...Georgia, CWA was put in charge of Miss Gay Shepperson, fortyish, professional social worker. This resulted from a thoroughgoing quarrel between blatant dictatorish Governor Talmadge and President Roosevelt's quiet stubborn CWAdministrator Hopkins. In the course of the quarrel, these words flew...
Died. Phyllis Partington (Frances Peralta), fortyish, longtime (1921-30) Metropolitan opera soprano; in Manhattan...
Engaged. Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel, fortyish, famed Parisian couturiere; and one Paul Iribe. painter, decorator, Chanel business partner...