Word: lies
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Well, you've got to remember that Fall was going down there to New Mexico to buy a ranch, and I think he figured the greenbacks would make a bigger impression on those New Mexicans than a check." "Why did Fall lie about the source of the money, several years...
...white lie. You can't blame Fall very much for that. He would have had a yellow streak a foot wide if he hadn't tried to protect his old friend after all Doheny had done for him." Then the jurors paused for dinner, sang "Bye, Bye, Blackbird," argued, turned on the phonograph, argued, slept, argued. . . . At 9:30 a.m., another ballot was taken. The vote was unanimous for acquittal...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, lover of paradox: "'Of all lies,' said I last week to the American Club In Oxford, 'the worst lie is that the American worships money. An American never talks of money in the hushed and awe-struck tone that an Englishman employs in referring to financial matters...
...clear burning faith of the aria. "I knew that my Redeemer liveth," from the entire work as a whole there comes over into the listener something of the peace the fresh purpose, the idealism which is Christmas. What is music that it can distill and epitomize thoughts which almost lie too deep for thought words for which there are no words...
...laconic narrative proceeds, with the reader's breath bated, until Jayne is disposed of in the care of Dr. Kao, "full of Christianity and antiseptics." This leaves Mr. Warner free but lonely to make his scheduled dash to Tun Huang, the second objective of his journey, where lie the caves of the Thousand Buddhas. The aspect of these ancient gods fills Mr. Werner with poetic reverence. However, "obviously, some specimens of these paintings must be secured for study at home, and, more important still, for safekeeping against further vandalism." For Mr. Warner makes it plain that the ignornt keepers...