Word: hot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unless two of the big groups combine to prevent a deadlock, a "dark horse" may well be chosen. As all members of the University will be eligible to vote, however, it will be difficult to make any prediction. It is evident that the unit rule will assure a hot contest in each of the delegations, and the two-thirds rule will make certain a real struggle in the convention as a whole...
...convention, will make his report, which will be freely discussed from the floor, and finally voted upon. Various factions, favoring or opposing planks on the League of Nations, the bonus, preparedness, and prohibition enforcement, have sprung up, and debate, especially on the last point, is expected to be hot...
...making safety matches, and catches fire if you rub it hard enough with the powdered glass and active chemicals in the head of the match. This is a mild-mannered, quiet sort of a substance, it doesn't catch fire in the air until you heat it quite hot, it won't dissolve in anything, and it can be eaten without any discomfort...
...after-dinner speeches about the future. They can scarcely be expected to arise, and say: "Mr. Toastmaster, I think that business is going to the devil, that my bank has quite a few very poor accounts, and that some of you gentlemen here present will find yourselves in very hot water inside the next year." Such sentiments, however heroically sincere, would curdle the postprandial ice cream. About all the banker, considering his position, can well say is, that every cloud has a silver lining, that it's a wonderful country, and that if something doesn't prevent...
...proposes shortly to issue these red hot corruption stories in mimeograph form to 1,000 newspapers. He figures that at least one paper will print the stories and that then the others will follow, not daring to be scooped. Said he: "Newspapers are now largely purveyors of merchandise. Naturally the business office has influence over news and editorial policy. Publishers couldn't make large newspapers except through the aid of advertising, but when they do make large newspapers, the old function of digging up unpleasant things is cut off. "Then a great many correspondents have two employers-their newspaper...