Word: fussed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Admiral Magruder: "I don't contemplate any protest. I expect to go without making a fuss...
...vain; the public, expectant and steeped in Kiplingisms, unjustifiably muttered uncomplimentary things and turned up its collective nose at what Dr. Bridges did give it. The matter became serious; the murmuring grew to open and vociferous criticism. The public grievance was even aired in Parliament. But all this fuss and pother was to no avail. When the "old man" on Boar's Hill heard about it, he said unpoetically: "I don't give a damn!" When the public heard that, it rather liked it. and settled down to like Dr. Bridges, just as it had settled down...
...years ago, M. Sensaud de Levaud, French inventor, knew this. Since then, he has been tampering, tinkering, planning, pondering and putting together bits of metal which in final form turn out to be a sensible automotive vehicle with no middle parts to fuss over at all. The motor transmits propulsive force directly to the rear end without intercession of transmission gears...
...artists. They were members of a French troupe then residing in Rome, they said. "I told this to Mayor Walker and he accepted the explanation. I also asked a friend of mine to tell the Brazilians not to dance any more because I didn't want any fuss. They left off dancing." ¶ Among the Mayor's shipmates were Negress singer Florence Mills, conductor Walter Damrosch, cartoonist Rube Goldberg, conductor Sergi Koussevitzky. The Mayor was auctioneer for the ship's pool, won a bet on fighter Tunney, etc. ¶ In Manhattan, Mayor Walker's subordinates waited...
...Without fuss or pother a dark, good-looking man, accompanied by three attendants, boarded the Orient Express at Sofia, Bulgarian capital (TIME, Aug. 8). Next morning newspapers announced in Slavic, King Boris had departed on vacation. Not a word of his destination escaped...