Word: fulle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...third-class coach, for Ireland, birthplace of Mr. Walker's father. Their boat-train stopped at the Welsh town of Llanfairpwyllcylghlantsillohogh, which not even the glib Walker tongue could surround. Welcomed in Dublin as a homeboy, the Mayor of New York admitted that his eyes were full of tears; but he retained enough presence of mind to tell reporters that if they asked him about Irish politics he would "throw them out of the window." He sped to the paternal home, Castlecomer; waved at babies and grannies, made a speech on a kitchen chair. He dined with Tenor John...
Boston Common, for the first time in history, was closed to public orators. Order there and elsewhere was maintained by the full Boston police force on 24-hour duty. Riot squads were equipped with automatic rifles, hand grenades, tear bombs. Exciting looking characters were immediately boxed in by police and marched off "to protect them from mob violence...
...declaration, since become famous as Document No. 2, Mr. de Valera, set forth the aims of his Republican group: government vested solely in the Irish people; association with full Dominion status with the states of the British Commonwealth of Nations; recognition of "His Britannic Majesty" as the head of the association. This, said Mr. de Valera will bring the "Republic to the brow of the precipice." His proposals were refused, however. They meant, in effect, a separate sovereignty for Ireland instead of recognizing the common citizenship of the Commonwealth. Such conditions were not acceptable to the London government...
...less than a quarter of that amount, valued him at more than twice that amount. There would be the Overnight at Jamaica, a debut won as a whippet would win from airdales, the Keene Memorial and the Juvenile Stakes at Belmont, two races at Aqueduct-five golden afternoons, all full of sunshine and moving figures, the smell of grass and leather, the sound of cheers and hurrying hoofs...
...uninitiated persons the fashionable "kinetic theory" of M. Lelong seems to mean chiefly that he designs his dresses with full skirts to permit free leg movement. The French Government sent him to the U. S. in 1925 to report on the working conditions of women throughout the U. S. garment industry...