Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Smith, as she lay among her pillows, flowers and relatives, must have wondered often what it would be like to live in the White House. And while she was musing thus, many another lady, conscious that who shall be First Lady of the land is not an unimportant matter socially, wondered what this candidate's wife was like, Mrs. Katherine Dunn Smith...
...given up the fight. If to the proctor the downfall of a student who is not clear on the place of residence of the Hittites may be as inconsequential, and far funnier, than the death of the Jabberwock, to the motionless figures bent over the examination tables the matter appears in a more sinister light. Such joviality seems hideous in its forebodings...
...Count explained that when he said that women ruled in America he did not mean that their direct dominance was apparent on the surface. Their dominance, he explained, was a matter of indirection. For America more than in any European country today, they have succeeded in tempering and charging man's minds and the normal masculine outlook on the world. He believed that the great need of America is "the emancipation of men, rather than the emancipation of women...
Shifting his gaze out of the window and to politics, the Mayor turned his guns on the people of the land. "We've been too narrow in lots of our views. We don't care what a fellow is as long as he pays his bills, no matter what church he goes to. Country's too big for bigotry. I'm gonna run for something else if I don't get hit down before...
Asked which she enjoyed more, opera or concert singing, she replied, "I have no preference. I enjoy my work, no matter in what role I am performing or in what branch of the art I am participating. I enjoy seeing the crowds and never tire of meeting people. Consequently my work is a constant source of enjoyment...