Word: gays
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...diary of a middle-aged ex-professor in a boys' school who on the death of his uncle becomes automatically possessed of the latter's Boston house and cheerful $20,000 income, and on his own account, of an engaging ability to play around with flappers and gay young dogs, speak their language, drink their "likker," go dancing, ice-skating and swimming with them...
...Washington was made gay by 3,000 real estate men who assembled in convention and paraded the streets wearing white flannels and brilliant hat bands inscribed with the names of their home cities. All Washington was placarded with signs of "Welcome Realtors." Not to be outdone, the President welcomed them on the south lawn of the White House and in a short speech declared: "No other business group contributes more effort to establishing full appreciation of the great present and assured future of our country. You are purveyors of cheer, confidence and soundly based optimism...
...will also note that whenever a publisher has a decent job to offer he never gives it to a newspaperman. Observe that when the New York Evening Post wanted good men it sent for Dean Gay of Harvard and Prof. Canby of Yale; that the Times employed Commissioner Finley rather than some man who had worked on the staff for 25 years; and that the Tribune sent for Stuart P. Sherman. You can count on your fingers the regular newspapermen in New York who are getting $100 per week, a mere pittance in that terrible town...
Finance. In matters of taxation the King promised early reduction compatible with decreasing the state's floating debts. He lauded the financial achievements of Benito, praised the taxpayers, painted the financial future in gay colors...
...This band is different from any other band," exclaimed Stokowski at its first appearance at the Academy of Music. "I have put aside all tradition in my use of instruments. I have had no regard for conventions or academic rules. There is nothing like a band for gay music...