Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senators levelled their fingers at Edwin Denby and cried "Oil!" The result was that Mr. Denby resigned (TIME, Feb. 25) on the ground that he was an embarassment to the President. At once Senatorial fingers began to turn towards Harry Micajah Daugherty, Attorney General...
...average American's sense or national pride that he has confined his slings and arrows to his own country. Deterred, no doubt, by a press or other material, he has so far refrained from even mentioning the grim realists of the American school, who have made their happy hunting ground the fancied dullness of the Middle West...
...general morbidness of subject matte that seems to characterize most authors of the present day probably reflect a prevailing restlessness in the public mind. Although these peculiarities may not now seem to lead toward any definite goal, it is unfair to condemn them in the mass on the sole ground of non-conformity. They may be striving toward a new school of literary thought, and though their methods may appear strange to one trained in the ways of Shakespeare and Milton, their sincerity, at least, is unquestioned...
...many men the competition for places in the Freshman Glee Club seems unusually severe and discouraging--and here the Hall Choruses play a useful part. Not only are they the proving ground for future choristers, but they serve to develop the latent talent in many Freshmen not quite good enough for the Glee Club. After all it is not important as to which of the halls renders "Upidee" or "The Tavern in the Town" most tunefully; the all-important purpose is to get the Freshmen together, and incidentally to interest a large number in singing and music--men who otherwise...
...onetime husband of Actress Ethel Barrymore, to Jessie Reed, Ziegfeld Follies member. Said he: "Kindly deny for me the press agent's story from Chicago that I am engaged to marry Miss Jessie Reed. Also kindly state that Miss Ethel Barrymore obtained a divorce from me on the ground of nonsupport, not cruelty...