Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Urged by George III to disclose the reason for her writing "Evelina," Fanny Burney is said to have stated with simpering naivete that she had "thought it would look very well in print". And, fortunately, the gentle lady was right: "Evelina" did look well in print. The formidable Dr. Johnson testified to the truth of that. But the isolated case of this authoress, who, by the way, was really an authoress, does not allow everyone to conclude that his writing must also appear to advantage on the printed page. From every side come puerile messages published by ball players...
...being asked why he picked Washington, Joe answered "Because Walter Johnson is going to pitch." Further inquiry revealed the fact that Joe knows no other baseball luminary...
Batterings: Washington--Johnson and Ruel, Pittsburgh--Meadows, Morrison and Smith, Gooch...
Baseball enthusiasts who filled the Living Room of the Union to hear the results of the World Series found Walter Johnson, veteran of 19 campaigns, at his best. Pittsburgh, famed for its powerful offense, secured only five hits, ten Pirates striking...
...Sunday night another vision-that of a smiling Mama, Papa, infant, listening to the sounds that issue from an Atwater Kent radio. And the sounds, too, would be different. In place of the comic stripper's unnamable babble, would ring the voices of Louise Homer, Anna Case, Edward Johnson, Mabel Garrison, Reinald Werrenrath, Frieda Hempel, the instruments of Toscha Seidel, Mischa Levitzki, the New York State Symphony Orchestra. These artists have already been engaged. Mr. Kent will pay them. The American Telephone & Telegraph Co. will do the broadcasting from WEAF and others of its stations. If phonograph companies consent...