Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Shoemakers' plots are mightily involved even though the play has been cut to about half its length. One thread of plot entangles Rowland Lacy (Joseph Gotten) who, instead of going to war in France, disguises himself as a journeyman in order to woo his lady. Other plotters are Vincent Price and Edith Barrett, whose contributions to the high cockalorum are good, but occasionally strained. The real heroes are the shoemakers themselves, and the best of these jackanapes in droopy drawers and flapping codpieces is Hiram Sherman. His finegrained playing of low comedy won him a first-night ovation...
...Frankie: "Thanks for your reply to our letter. It confirmed our worst fears about you. "... We note that you say labor is 'under control' in your city. Knowing something about your methods of operation we're not surprised that you think it is. You've gotten away so long with profitable conniving between your machine and corporate industrial and financial interests that you can't imagine your 'control' ever coming...
...neglected Leverett House Senior looked in his mailbox a week ago and found the first bit of mail he had gotten in eleven days. It was an announcement of reduced airplane rates to Chicago and other of the larger cities; but he was going to spend the vacation in Manchester, New Hampshire. Justifiably annoyed, he thought, "I'm gonna write myself a letter," and did. He mailed it from Wayland...
...when you've gotten to home plate, you'll find thousands of others who have gotten just as far. If you sell 3,000 copies of your first book, you're doing well. My first manuscript was turned down by eight publishers, quite justly too, and didn't sell half that amount. There is no set formula for success...
...students whose tickets are found to have gotten into the hands of speculators will be blacklisted," Bingham said...