Word: hints
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Warren was called to Washington in advance of the nomination and therefore a hint of it leaked out. The Michigan delegation in Congress, headed by Senator Couzens, began to make some objection, protesting that if a Michigan man was to be appointed they would prefer Governor Groesbeck to Mr. Warren. The President paid no heed, however, evidently feeling that a Cabinet appointment was not patronage and that accordingly he need consult only himself. Result: Mr. Warren's nomination was sent to the Senate next...
...Lampoon extends its Christmas greetings within a cover on which Saunders has successfully emphasized the festive season without a hint of mistletoe or the bearded ancient, and barely a touch of green and red, distinctly an achievement. There are signs of an earnest effort to give the rest of the issue both text and pictures, the same seasonal flavor, but with an indifferent result which suggests that there may be some foundation for the persistent reports that nobody is getting into the proper mood this December...
...have come from the same group of youths who originated the prose. A momentary irritation at "Poppa", which is not an observant imitation of a child's pronunciation, gives way to an enormous sense of gratification upon finding a college author who can mention thirst without an alcoholic hint...
Nationalists in other quarters may well take Egypt as an object lesson. The gentle hint has been given that the idealism endorsed at Versailles, like that of Alexander I at Vienna, must not be taken too literally. England's will...
When the publisher takes his wares to market, a similar selling psychology teaches him that announcement of his table of contents has nowhere near the magnetism of a striking hint, a single graphic stroke of advertising along a popular line. Depending on the elevation of the publisher's mind, this stroke will be "high" or "low"?something between popular religion or popular sex? a brilliant, mental contortion, or a vulgar, scandalizing distortion. Very, very seldom will the stroke be accurately indicative of the nature of the table of contents, or even of the nature of that feature...