Word: gordons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...guffaw. He does not spare expense. There is a notable scene wherein members of the chorus parade in a fur shop, clad in robes, scarfs, peignoirs, polonaises made of the furs of every creature from a seal to a mongoose; good syncopation by the McCarthy sisters; terrible singing by Gordon Dooley; two blackamorons, Miller and Lyles, who ably support the hypothesis that a real Negro can be funny on the stage; one tune, What a World This Would Be, which will be monkey-organ fodder before very long...
Miss Anderson was tried first. Six officers in white uniforms with decorations and sabres constituted the austere court. Lieutenant Gordon of the Marine Corps was prosecutor. Lieutenant Horan of the Marine Corps was counsel for the defense. Miss Anderson testified that, at Guantanamo, she received a package as a gift from a friend; she did not open it, but packed it in her chest on her return to this country. A customs inspector at Norfolk opened the chest, the package, found seven quart bottles-gin, rye, Scotch, Bacardi, crème de menthe. Said her counsel: "The court may wonder...
...remainder being mainly American. An inquiry into the film trade was demanded, it being charged that many of the present productions were inferior, unpatriotic, psychologically unhealthy. The memorandum was signed by Lords Burnham, Carson, Dawson, Newton, Riddell; Robert Bridges, poet; Thomas Hardy, novelist; J. R. Clynes, Sir Sidney Lee, Gordon Selfridge, department store man; Mrs. Philip Snowden, wife of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer...
...fortnight ago 18 balloons shot into the air from Solbosh Plain in Belgium to compete anew for the Gordon Bennett Cup,* presented in 1906† by the son of the James Gordon Bennett who founded The New York Herald. This cup was won for a third time, and, according to the rules, outright, by Belgium last year; but through the generosity of the Belgian Aero Club in redonating it for competition, this year's event was made possible...
...Carroll Jr., W. R. Chase, S. F. Collier, Richard Collins, L. O. Combs, E. S. Daniell Jr., Lincoln Davis Jr., E. H. Dewey, M. L. Donaldson, Cornelius DuBois, W. S. Duncklee, J. H. Durgin, W. O. Field, Bradley Fisk, H. S. French, C. W. Gillies, D. H. Gordon, J. S. Grimes, J. A. Halsted, C. L. Harding Jr., C. A. Harper, C. J. Henderson, C. W. Hillard, A. M. Hollander, N. S. Howe, W. F. Homer Jr., H. A. Jacobs, Charles Jenney Jr., S. B. Jones, R. A. Jordan, F. P. Kane, R. M. P. Kennard, H. W. Keyes...