Word: isn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unusual sight at the annual spring salon in the Grand Palais, where all the artists of Paris carry their best work of the past year for public exhibition. Yet such was the number of undressed ladies that one exasperated critic went back to his newspaper and wrote, "It isn't a salon, but a bedroom...
...clergyman made a direct hit: "It isn't a work for butterflies. Sitting on hospital boards and passing around compliments isn't enough...
...twin grey felt hats, Mr. Wilson is said to have said: "Look more like each other than ever, don't we? Well, that's an advantage for me. The people in the car will think you are the Governor, and as the Governor of New Jersey isn't very popular just now, I'll get all the pleasant bows intended for the more acceptable editor of the Ladies' Home Journal." Sure enough, a lady in one of the cars they passed through drove Mr. Wilson into the washroom convulsed with glee by bowing and saluting...
...haired man with rather stiff movements is Bruce. He is a Democrat and another one of the vigorous antiprohibitionists. Like King, he has much to say on many subjects. He too is very learned and fond of classical allusions, but he can be fierce at times. James Couzens, millionaire, isn't here. He has been ill of late. When he is in top form, he makes a formidable opponent. That solid, dark little man is Robinson, nominal leader of the Democrats. He is a downright fellow. Of late a good deal of his time has been taken in putting...
...midst of that admiring group? He is smiling and blushing. Probably someone has just suggested that he will be the next President. That is Nick Longworth, the Speaker. He and his cronies run the House by dint of goodwill and numbers -because, you see, politics in the House isn't half so individualistic as in the Senate. Everybody likes Nick. He is the likable boss, although that lean stiff man, Tilson of Connecticut, bears the formal title of Republican leader. The impressive old man over there is Burton of Ohio. He used to be a Senator...