Word: indiscreet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Many perfumes, especially the heavy or oriental scents, are in themselves mildly anesthetic. They paralyze the olfactory nerves of the user so that she becomes indiscreet in the quantity that she uses, else she cannot perceive any scent at all: while those, unaccustomed to it, forced to endure her propinquity, experience far from pleasant effects, even to the extent of losing all relish for dinner. A hint that might be taken up by those desiring to reduce: a good strong whiff of certain scents will still pangs of hunger...
Certain she would say no naughty things, a young lady last week let an indiscreet young man demonstrate his hypnotic powers on her at a "psychology" party of Allegheny College (Meadville, Pa.) students. When the proud young Svengali suggested "Wake up!" she failed to respond. Not until 45 min. later did she rouse herself naturally. The incident frightened the experimental psychologists so thoroughly that Adelene Bowie, dean of women, noticed the commotion. Forthwith she strictly forbade any more such pranks...
...Geneva, Dr. Salomon was calmly seated below the rostrum. He accompanied Chancellor Brüning and German Foreign Minister Curtius and snapped them sipping coffee with // Duce. Brer Briand, Europe's "Master Parliamentarian," has given him a nickname that has stuck: Le Roi des Indiscrets, King of the Indiscreet...
...Foreign Minister, Baron Shidehara whitewashed as best he could the indiscreet gloating of Japan's War Minister at "secession movements'' in Manchuria. He despatched to the Chinese Government and to the world press a note in which he said: "The Japanese Government has prohibited all its nationals from assisting independence movements and is confident that no Japanese is taking part in these movements...
...Come to Me" and "If You Haven't Got Love" (Brunswick')?The De Sylva-Brown-Henderson tunes which Gloria Swanson sang in Indiscreet...