Word: greyed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President No such discouraged figure did newsmen see when they filed into President Roosevelt's office next morning. Dressed for his birthday in a new grey homespun suit, a white rose and his best smile, the President was ready for them...
Last week Mrs. Wright appeared in Supreme Court in Manhattan, accompanied by one George Hoy, one Gabrielle Grey and Manuel Del Moya, "attache" of the Dominican Consulate. Taking the stand before Referee John P. Cohalan, crusty oldtime Tammanyman, she asked pertly: "Your Honor, may I ask you a question...
...Manhattan an astounding cable from Peking made the general manager of Associated Press grab his grey fedora and dash for Washington. He was promptly received by the Secretary of State. Together they bent over a long, incredible dispatch signed Frederick Moore. It purported to reveal that the Chinese Republic had just received a secret ultimatum from the Japanese Empire to the following effect: The President of China must accept Japanese protection of China and in return must sign over certain powers to the Emperor of Japan. These powers included control of the Chinese Army, the Chinese Navy, the Chinese Treasury...
...Madison, Bachelor Anderson lives with three sisters in a house his father built near Lake Mendota. A brother, Isaac, is on the New York Times Book Review staff. Artist Anderson gets many a Henry idea from watching moppets in the streets. Big-framed, grey, mild, plain as homespun, he looks and talks like a Norwegian woodworker, lacks the jargon of the comic-stripper. For fun he goes to a carpenter's bench in his house, turns out odd pieces of woodwork. A child's desk of his design is marketed in Milwaukee for about...
...encased, tie has worn the same pair of lucky trousers for nine years. More amiable than he appears when professionally engaged, Chabot, like most hockey players, has a summer job, as ice cream salesman. His Black Hawks salary is $4,500. When on tour with the team, he wears grey spats, plays Casino with enthusiasm. In Chicago, he lives at the Croydon Hotel with his wife and two children...