Word: gusto
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gompers, who for thirty-nine years has held the office now coveted by Mr. Lewis. Labor's "grand old man", however, has declined to give up without a struggle. His supporters have resurrected the well-worn charge of a "slush fund", and are plying their trade with all the gusto of professional politicians. There will be "great doin's" in Denver before long. Factional strife was never so ominous as at present. Labor has had pretty much its own way of late years; one begins to wonder whether the discordant units which make...
...test. The returns will tell the story of a democracy in which one man can lead millions through the great power of his wealth, or they will tell an altogether different story. They will reveal that people will buy red ink with enthusiasm, devour the Sunday scandal supplement with gusto, and chuckle gleefully over the comic section but, having nibbled the lurid bait they will shy from the hook...
...well-staged, colorful and tuneful revue, "Music Land," with Anatol Friedland, is the principal attraction at Keith's this week. Friedland is assisted by a talented group of principals including lively Marie Hall and graceful Emilie Fitzgerald, and an exceptionally gifted chorus, who sang the catchy tunes with gusto...