Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...This elegant British adjective, meaning "sick as a result of gross intemperance in eating or drinking," was publicly applied to Mr. Snowden in the House of Commons fortnight ago by his immediate predecessor as Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Right Honorable Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, M. P., onetime Lord Rector Aberdeen University...
...Minister Cheng-Ting ("C. T.") Wang cockily announced that his government had abolished the right ("extraterritoriality") of foreigners in China to be tried in their own consular courts (TIME, Jan. 6). For 48 hours it seemed as though foreigners were going to be subjected along with Chinese to the gross and notorious malfeasance of Chinese courts where bribery is rampant, trial by jury unknown, and the local military commander often dictates the decision of the judge...
Refunds amounted to $190,164,359 last year. Large as this sum may seem, it was relatively small, for the Treasury at the same time collected $405,855,475 in back and additional taxes. The refunds amounted to only about 3% of gross tax collections, a margin of error which caused the Treasury no concern...
...gross misuse and denial of constitutional rights of citizens and a menace to life and property. A man's home is his castle and the practice of entering it for Prohibition enforcement, without recourse to legal procedure, should be abolished...