Word: glassful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that dinner Mr. Loomis took his hip flask?a beautiful silver hip flask? out of his pocket and poured out some of that alcoholic stuff. I have had enough experience in the chemical laboratory to know that it had a heavy content of alcohol. He poured that in the glass and then he poured in some water?it was too strong to take raw?and he drank that and a lot of similar operations went on around the table...
With him were elected Senator Carter Glass of Virginia and Charles Evans Hughes of New York. Richard S. Childs of New York was elected president of the organization...
...great diplomatic ancestor tickled the fancies of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary; the Old Soak exudes a tale of spiritual wickedness and liquor in high places; the powerful Katinka in a circus has a heart of gold but a terrible temper when annoyed. Ultimately the old story about the glass-eater is put in print. It is a poor finale, for this hoary anecdote belongs with the one about the man with the beard, and Chic Sale's The Specialist. No bedtime story, it finds itself uncomfortable between these stiff white sheets...
...north end of the lower room has been devoted entirely to stacks on which some of the valuable books are to be stored This section will be separated from the remainder of the study room by locked doors. Glass casings have been built over the shelves surrounding the open space, and several tables and chairs will be placed about the room. These are to be used by men making studies for which facts can be found only in the volumes of the Treasure Room...
...naked girl with sleek black hair against a bright halo, riding one of three large white camels beneath a great swirl of checkered cloth and amid a riotous procession of companions, awaits the inspection, through lorgnette and opera glass, of the first families of Chicago...