Word: lording
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Austen's plea against Dawn was shortly described as "a lullaby to please the Germans" and roundly flayed by peppery Brigadier-General John Hartman Morgan who served as Vice-Chairman of the Lord Bryce Commission which, during the War, investigated and exaggerated "German atrocities." Flinging the defunct Commission's hat once more into the ring, General Morgan rehearsed the "judicial murder" of Edith Cavell and seemed to think it could not receive too much film publicity...
...High Commissioner's residence, Lord Lloyd, suave, impeccably clad and steelyeyed, received Sarwat's report with quiet understanding. From the High Commissioner's presence the Prime Minister went forth to his thankless task of trying to persuade the Wafd, now led by little known Mustafa El Nahass Pasha, that it must again knuckle under...
...Lord '28, the foremost candidate for the catcher's berth, has been taking his turn regularly behind the bat with a recently-formed first-string infield, made up of R. E. Durkee '29, and J. A. Prior '29 alternating at the first-base position, J. J. Carver '30 at the keystone sack, R. C. Sullivan '28 at shortstop, and G. E. Donaghy '29 at the hot corner...
Other students who are expected to show their ability in the tournament this year are W. W. Lord '28, champion of the unlimited class last year, and John Parkinson '29, who has been boxing regularly this winter...
...Lord Askwith's object was, of course, to boost the price of tin by suggesting that it might soon be as rare as gold. But London tin dealers were deaf to Lord Askwith. They put down the price of tin by nearly $11 per ton and in New York tin lost ⅛? per pound. Guggenheim interests and the National Lead Co., largest U. S. tin producers, have frequently warned the U. S. of a world shortage of tin by 1940. U. S. prices, however, over the last four months have gone down to 50? a pound from 65?. British...