Word: manner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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James J. Davis will never be President of the U. S.-nor even Vice President. In 1924 some of his friends at the Republican National Convention were preparing a good-sized boom for him for Vice President. "Boys, that's fine," said Mr. Davis in his jolly fraternal manner, "only don't forget that I was born in Wales...
...Slang phrase meaning "In act in the grand manner," used by fresh water collegians, vaudeville actors, street sheiks...
...silk for a lady's stocking out of the lobster shells left from her supper party (TIME, Dec. 6). Last week Engineer Kurt Gerson of Berlin went further. He said he could make silk purses out of sows' ears, boars' ankles," potato peelings, toothpicks and all manner of garbage. In a large factory now being constructed under his specifications, kitchen refuse will be sifted for the cellulose ingredients of artificial silk or, if desired, gun cotton. The remaining refuse will be distilled for tar, charcoal, acetic acid...
When the storm did abate a trifle we mounted hastily and resumed our hijra in the most approved Arabian manner. We were also glad to note that the water supply was on the remaining Oont...
...been a bit lively, so we pitched camp early in a little hollow and attempted to shake a bit of dust from our effects. We were quite ready for peace and quiet in large doses, but one of our camels commenced to gargle in a particularly painful manner. To me is was nothing but an unpleasant noise, but the way that "Ham and" and Eddie dove for that pile of rifles was a caution! It was now dark and the cook fire was burning brightly; so Eddie stopped just long enough to kick dirt on the flames before running...