Word: limelight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Death alters circumstances. Good humor before is not always good taste afterward. It was bad luck for a number of publishers that Mr. Bryan died shortly after he had once again focused the limelight upon himself and they were just about to caricature...
...domestic business, the railroads continue to occupy the limelight. Mergers abound, and still more are projected. When and if the Interstate Commerce Commission approves the Nickel Plate consolidation now before it (TIME, Aug. 11, 18, Apr. 6, 27), many of these tentative and private rail merger plans will probably be rushed to completion...
Pennsylvania R. R. is by no means to be forgotten, even if the Van Sweringens' Nickel Plate has enjoyed most of the limelight. The Nickel Plate was quite anxious to acquire the Virginian R. R., and neither the New York Central nor the Baltimore & Ohio would have wept bitter tears at being asked to take it over...
...wisdom of taking arms against all who have said a word in this Advocate and Lampoon controversy seems doubtful. Ia yesterday's column, the CRIMSON took issue with a reprinted Transcript editorial. Nobody denies that the Advocate published certain things lacking in good taste which, when brought into the limelight, appeared rather badly. In view, of this, instead of attacking the Transcript's comment resentfully and again bewailing the suppression of the Advocate as unjust and futile, the CRIMSON would have done well to get the matter drop. The subject was in the first place difficult to handle with dignity...
Last year Mr. Flagg came into the limelight with a particularly fine collection of caricature portraits of the speakers at the dinner, President Lowell, Professor Kirsopp Lake and J. T. Wheelwright falling victim to his facile pen. Mr. Flagg, however, did not forget himself, and published a brilliant sketch of himself, suitcase in hand, rushing for the Lampoon dinner. John T. Wheelwright '76, noted lawyer and trustee of the Lampoon, and Neal O'Hara '15, columnist of the Boston Traveler, are other speakers tonight, R. E. Summer '25, retiring Ibis, will be toastmaster...