Word: leste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...floral wreath could better have announced the death than the message which Mr. Coolidge gave to the citizens of this country on New Year's Day. A request to the press that adverse opinion should not be openly expressed, lest observers from other nations should form the erroneous opinion that sentiment was at times divided on major issues in our national politics, would have been a succulent morsel to the political bear-baiters of yesteryear. But they are dead, and in this day and age a pronunciamento from the White House Spokesman becomes imbued with that same mystic sanctity which...
Foreign Minister Dr. Gustav Stresemann did not journey to Rome to sign the treaty, lest an impression be created in France that it is a really important rapprochement. Instead Dr. Stresemann, than whom no stateman in Europe is more astute, remained at Berlin and encouraged his party news organs to pronounce the treaty "purely an arbitration pact, and exactly like those already concluded between Germany and Holland, Switzerland, Norway...
...into English, and grandson of Author Richard Garnett (Twilight of the Gods), David Garnett nearly betrayed his literary birthright by studying science (gentle Botany). But in 1920, aged 27, he was claimed by books. He opened a bookshop and fell to writing. Lady into Fox appeared after two years. Lest he turn back to science, he was awarded a prize. His wife, who was Rachel Marshall, does woodcuts...
...some moments Her Majesty vainly and publicly manipulated the wobbling magnet of the "spilliwobble" in an effort to make its little balls run into their cups and stay there. Suddenly the Queen-Empress noted that a small crowd, respectful but amused, had collected to watch her unsuccessful efforts. Lest the dignity of the Throne be impaired Her Majesty popped the "spilliwobble" into her purse, paid a penny for it, departed to experiment further in private...
...Fire Brigade (Charles Ray, May McAvoy). Lest that drab day come when Young America shall cease to begin life with fire-fighting aspirations, Director Nigh provides the public with a picture well calculated to arouse boyish enthusiasm. The hero is a fireman who not only rescues women and children from the flames, but fearlessly announces to the heroine's papa, corrupt politician, that it is unethical to build firetraps. Charles Ray is the young man with brass buttons, tin hat; and May McAvoy, as the pleasing heroine, marries him in a smoky fadeout, while Boy Scouts in the audience...