Word: fronted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...front of this bar is painted to represent a wood railing, with the counter portions of mahogany. Shelves painted lacquer red backed by mirrored glass with a painted decoration in the centre contribute to the gaiety of this space...
News. The only headlines were the names of the places from whence the "freshest advices," had come. For many years Printer Parkes devoted his front pages to despatches from England, Russia, France. Fortunate were subscribers if they found a foreign September despatch the following February. But colonists cared little how stale the news so long as it was interesting...
Alteration. In January, 1775, two men, John Dixon and William Hunter, became the Gazette's joint editors. They enlarged it, added another column on each page, front-paged the motto: "Open to All Parties, but Influenced by None...
...last year, when the Soviet Congress was discussing a project for electrification of certain provincial cities, Commander Budenny strode in and stampeded the session by shouting: "What is all this talk of 'electrification?' What we need is 'horsification!' Give me enough horses for the Army!" On the Chino-Russian front last week Commander Budenny had "enough" horses and cavalrymen ? 30,000 according to one despatch...
Alfred Emanuel Smith was asked how he wrote "Up to Now," his serial auto-biography currently appearing in the Saturday Evening Post. Answered he: "I dictated it. . . . I'll tell you the secret of concentration. Just get in the front seat of a car. Light a good cigar and ride along looking at your feet. It's a great way to write articles...