Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Public attention was diverted by the appearance of Boxer Carnera in the ring, his huge Venetian tummy modestly covered by a straining, skintight singlet purchased at a nearby haberdashery...
Moscow's smart move of withdrawing her armored trains stilled nearly all talk of intervention at Washington, London, Paris. But it was probably Tokyo which caused Manchuria's Chang to sue for a separate peace. Japan has huge commercial interests in Manchuria. In the past she has subsidized both Governor "Young Chang" Hsueh-Liang and his late, great father "Old Chang" Tso-Lin. She wants above everything to prevent the great powers from intervening in her bailiwick. Again appropriate last week was a famed cartoon, the Magnum Opus of Shanghai's North China Daily Herald. It shows a bespectacled bird...
...Jersey's Teagle. Huge is the Standard of New Jersey organization, but not too huge for the personal domination of Walter Clark Teagle. Mr. Teagle is 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 230 pounds. When he opens the door of the company's offices, his presence is instantly felt throughout the premises. He seldom leaves the office without a briefcase; usually works at home from dinner time to bed time; goes to sleep as soon as his head hits the pillow. His only outside interest is hunting and fishing. He is an active member of a Canadian fishing camp...
...John F. J. Herbert. Prohibition Administrator at Baltimore, whose territory included the District of Columbia, was transferred to Helena, Mont. His assistant, John Joseph Quinn, was suspended pending investigation of charges against him. To Baltimore was shifted Administrator Thomas Elijah Stone, top-notcher, credited with abating Detroit's huge liquor influx from Canada...
...light of self-preservation that Clemenceau had to find. At times he probably overstepped the limits of precedence, always focusing his attention on the end rather than the means, and some have questioned his drastic and dramatic gestures. But he did attain his purpose in spite of the huge odds the first days of the war heaped up against him. It was this direct, energetic, indomitable spirit that made him a figure of world importance. He was one of the last of the war lords...