Word: lidded
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...Dignitary of the Street Railways remarked to an obnoxious passenger: 'You've got to can the lid on that smoking." D. E. FELS...
...those readers who will incline their ears, to wit; we have it on very high authority that at least one of the publications is "slipping; slipping; slipping, right into the garbage pail." Who knows but both may slip in? In which case, perhaps some one will clamp on the lid...
...would put an end to the brutal line duels, as all line men would be needed both on offence and defence to follow the ball. It would be an infinitely more elastic game, yet with the old American idea of team play and signals; the same game with the lid off. Coaches have tried to raise the lid, as did Hinckey, and failed on account of the fumbling bug-bear...
...been applied, "free trade in ideas" has usually resulted in the separation of the good from the bad, and "the power of though to get itself accepted in the competition of the market" has been proved. Governments have found that when attempt is made to clamp down the lid on things they dislike the result has been that the lid has not only been forced open but entirely blown...
Whatever be the reason for this action, we feel that Mr. Wilson has interpreted the sentiment of the country. If the "bone dry" lid, that was set up under the pressure of war conditions, were tightly clamped on the country, there would be great grinding and jolting before the nation finally stabalized itself again. The President has acted judiciously, and we urge that Congress begin to cut the red tape as soon as possible, in order that July 1 may not be a national day of gloom...