Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...parodies of prominent literary figures that Mr. Benchley outdistances all competition. "The Henna Decade" in five parts, is one of the glories of the group. Part 4 in particular, should bring to even the estimable Mr. Beer a series of not too quiet chuckles. "Milt Gross stood talking with Ring Lardner and another on the steps of the American Indian Museum. He had under his arm a bulbous bundle and this dropped incontinently to the granite pedestal as he shrugged his shoulders. 'A peckage skelps,' he said. 'Heendian skelps witt blad.' Lardner raised a thermal eyebrow. 'What...
...manned by the following: Stroke, J. D. Hall '27; 7, H. C. Pierce '27; 6, J. H. Olmstead '27; 5. E. A. Harper '27; 4, W. K. Rice '27; 3, H. V. S. Ogden '27; 2, J. J. Buckingham '27; bow. W. G. Moody '27; coxswain, E. W. Gross...
...title when it refers to his trade or profession. Had you designated Mr. Smith as "Lawyer Smith" or "President Smith," I would have disregarded the whole matter. I am not so narrow-minded. But when it refers to a man's religious convictions, I think it is a gross insult and is deserving of an apology on the part of the offender. Had you referred to Cardinal Hayes or Rabbi Wise as "Catholic Hayes" or "Jew Wise," I dare say that you would have been subject to like censure, and it probably would have had some effect on circulation...
...newspapers on April 25. But last week the Boston Post and the New York Daily News (tabloid) appeared with unauthorized versions of the letter, so the Atlantic Monthly officially released the letter on April 18. The Atlantic Monthly threatened to sue the Post and the News for gross violation of copyright...
...spinach. As for her generation (unless as may be, she is utterly typical), it will be faintly disturbed by writing which for docile triteness resembles nothing so much as one of Dr. Prank Crane's high-school themes. It is to be hoped that the whole book is a gross libel...