Word: holde
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Officials. By no means all officials are good performers. The unofficial stage managers quickly pick their favorites and offer them all the best engagements. Of the present Cabinet, Messrs. Stimson, Mellon, Adams, Lament and Mitchell are booked in advance. Only a few Senators and their wives hold the steady interest of Washington Society. Among these are Senators Bingham, Couzens, Edge, Hale, Johnson, Moses, Phipps, Shipstead, Wagner, Tydings. Senator Borah still moves at the edge of this group, an old lion whose mane and roaring once petrified and enchanted but are now too familiar to impress...
Unofficialdom. Smart unofficial society falls into two groups: Cave-dwellers and Newcomers. The Cave-dwellers are the old residents, rich and socially secure, who hold themselves aloof from the comings and goings of the ever-shifting official set. Their women wear pompadours, subscribe to charities, keep their names out of the newspapers. As social stage managers, the Cave-dwellers entertain only the most select officials. Their parties are small and quiet. In return, they are invited to the most exclusive official functions...
...with strength and fidelity a story that is covered by millions of rooftops throughout the world- the story of ambition fastened to earth by the inevitable tendrils of dependence. It is their first play and it has, here and there, the gaucheries of inexperience, but it seldom loses its hold on the fundamental truth on which it is based-the fact that, in the curiously woven pattern of human life, there is no such thing as independence...
...sorry, sir," says the butler over the telephone, "Mr. Wallace is writing a play and must not be disturbed before it's finished. . . . What's that, sir? . . . You'll hold the wire...
...shareholders can exercise their rights in the new issue, provided that they sell their new shares within ten weeks. This arrangement permits U. S. shareholders to benefit by the bonus character of the new stock, but makes no concession to the principle of the U. S. right to hold British G. E. shares...