Word: handly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...them without risking the charge of affectation. In this connection, a famous speaker whose "raddio" was a standing subject for witticism, forgot himself (unless my ears and memory have deceived me) and in the heat of a campaign address employed the correct pronunciation. But only momentarily. On the other hand, too close attention to details of pronunciation might have a tendency to detract from the speaker's effectiveness...
After their differences were ironed out at Stresa, it was possible that with Hitler's preoccupation of the French the Italians might act independently of Britain and the Gallician republic. An agreement with the French by which they promised to oppose the Nazification of Austria assured them a free hand in Ethiopia...
...other hand relations with Italy went from bad to worse, and in the past few weeks, because of certain diplomatic technicalities, have become sorely strained. With the breakup of the little entente, with the unpopularity of the Czech and Russian bonds, with the threat of Germany and the reversals of their interests in Spain, France is fading into eclipse...
...greatest rival was Sir Joshua Reynolds, head of the Royal Academy, to which he also belonged. Their relations had always been strained. Tom was unreasonable in the matter of hanging his own pictures; he ignored his colleagues' invitations and never repaid their visits. Reynolds, on the other hand, treated him with great friendliness and respect, terming him the "first landscape painter in Europe...
...Twain watched him play a great billiardist named Sutton. Except for one inning in which he could not score, young Billiardist Hoppe sat tranquilly aside watching Sutton run out the block. As Sutton clicked off the final point, Mark Twain solemnly stepped over and shook young Hoppe by the hand. "I want to congratulate you, William," said he, ''on your remarkable tenure of that chair in the corner...