Word: gone
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...January, the trouble was soon put right. Last time it was a furnace pipe "gone flooey;" this time it was a blazing chimney. And, as in January, the men of Number Nine were well rewarded for their labors. Doffing helmets, wiping hands on shirt, they soon were regaled with coffee, sandwiches, perfectos, etc., etc., not to mention genial wisecracks and charming smiles, all served with a maximum of relish after the excitement by perhaps the most persuasive host and hostess in all U. S. politics-Speaker of the House and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth...
...James' dash to Rome came when he was ushered into the enormous, high ceilinged office of Signor Mussolini in the Palazzo Chigi. Soon Il Duce consented to discuss a subject at which most men shy, the prospect of his own death. Said he: "I am here today and gone tomorrow; but let no one think Fascism goes with me. . . . I do not know how long Mussolini will last, but Fascism shall last longer. ... I will leave to Italy the institution of Fascism established on solid grounds-an historic institution. . . . The youth of Italy shall be trained so that...
...runners always enter a big marathon who have no intention of finishing. They start because they can run a little and feel that they might surprise themselves this time; anyway, they can say they started and if they feel tired they can drop out. Before the pack had gone far over the smooth hard road winding toward Boston several had sat down to feel their feet and before the race was half over the pack was cut in half. And still Ray stepped out on his toes, grinning...
...Alexander Pollock Moore, U. S. Ambassador to Peru, who has gone into the tabloid business by purchasing from William Randolph Hearst the New York Daily Mirror and Boston Advertiser (TIME, March 19), signed his name last week to an advertisement which said: "I am sure you will agree with me that an up-to-date, clean, interesting tabloid is the paper you want. You will find it contains all the news that 95% of the people want to read...
...Boston Symphony Orchestra. The experiment proved so successful that the concerts acquired the name of "Pops" and thrived. Tonight, just as forty-three years ago, people group themselves around tables and listen to the orchestra--only tonight soft drinks will take the place of the beer of years gone...