Word: hide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...under the influence of a clique of influential duck hogs who do their shooting in states where ducks concentrate, and . . . want the highest possible bag limit. . . .* We condemned the survey's widely publicized duck census because . . . Redington was using counting-the-ducks as a smoke screen to hide his true motives for opposing the reduction...
...villainy on the part of the niece's mother (Beatrice Terry, niece of the late great Dame Ellen Terry) as well as homely humors by her grandmother (Mrs. Jacques Martin). Mr. Connolly is frequently ludicrous as the thwarted swell who buys a malacca stick but is forced to hide it in his trouser leg until he gets out of sight of his less extravagant relatives...
...Ibrahim signs the pledge, escapes his prison, flirts with guests on the Schomburg yacht, crosses swords of wit with Schomburg himself, saves a little French dancer from ruffians and takes her to live with him. He wanders feverishly through Europe feeling the days slip by. When he wants to hide, Schomburg seems near, watching like a cat, keeping him in reach with a careless paw. The dancer informs Schomburg of their whereabouts, believing him Ibrahim's wise but unappreciated doctor. Thus there is suspense, leading to a pathetic, human, amusing climax that no reviewer should reveal. Author Dekobra...
...would be wise to divulge something of the features of this chapel and what is to become of Appleton. The whole affair seems to be shrouded in an air of mystery as if there were some unpleasant details which would not be favorable for publication. Rather than attempt to hide this from the undergraduates, it would be better to announce the facts so that they might at least express their opinion as Harvard men on the subject. G. S. Robinson...
Surviving settlers of Dodge City, Kan., met there last week in a "Last Roundup." Hoar and weazened pioneers spun yarns of the bad days, recalled the town's early importance as shipping point for buffalo hide, as "payoff centre" after the Santa Fe railroad went through (1872). A parade was held with a covered wagon, stage coach, "buffalo bones" float (displaying a famed pioneer commodity), oldtime "soddie...