Word: knights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first of his three Congressional terms seven years ago he talked from a wheel chair, said of his opponent: "No knightlier spirit than Edgar Watkins ever went to worthy combat or shivered lance at Camelot or Stirling." Himself lost in Camelot's misty lore, Knight Upshaw may often think in terms of questing a Holy Grail...
...hope shone last week on the Mexican impasse. During the week James A. Flaherty, Supreme Knight of Columbus, called on President Coolidge but disappointed sensationmongers when he appealed only for "sympathetic action in any way possible within the bounds of international law" in behalf of Mexican Catholics. It had been supposed that Mr. Flaherty would request U. S. intervention, withdrawal of recognition, or some other drastic curb on the Calles anti-Catholic program...
...manhunt, excites even domestic Aunt Josephine to the point of exclaiming, "I'd rather lynch than lunch," it takes all the sensible characters in the play to straighten out the situation. Suspense attains impressive proportions as bloodhounds draw near Karrie's bedroom where a knight errant is being irreproachably entertained. Unlike most other current comedies, this one strives to root its action in human nature rather than a bagful of funny lines. The role of Karith Barry is so deftly interpreted by Dorothy Burgess that an audience not too sternly realistic will follow the play with sympathy, even...
...some measure the impression is justified. Eighteen months ago his Overland Six introduced European designs into the U. S. motor car field. Last year his Willys-Knight Great Six, with Knight sleeve valves, extended the fashion. At the turn of this year came his "70" Willys-Knight Six, somewhat lighter, but of the same general design. Then two months ago the Overland "Whippet," smallest of U. S. cars, came on the market. When Henry Ford reduced his prices a month ago, (TIME, June 28) no one of his executives could be induced to admit the obvious facts-that his sales...
James A. Flaherty, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, declared before the Supreme Council of Knights at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia: "We are going to deal with the Mexican situation before this Convention is over...