Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...safe to imagine, however, that the members of the Bullingdon Club are satisfied with their night's work. It is still uncertain what methods were used to "peacify" the Oxford students, but from accounts there are no broken bones and there is no effort to press the matter...
...Oxford unpleasantness, we cannot but admire the reasonable methods with which the English always seem to deal with unusual situations. The recent "riot" at Oxford was evidently animated, yet it appears to have been handled in a way that robbed it of real seriousness and made it a matter for ridicule rather than scandal. Obviously they find it both expedient and profitable to make the best of a bad situation instead of making the worst of a harmless...
...however," he continued, "taking the matter up from the special angle of the grouping of foreign settlements in Rome at the time in question. Rome, a metropolis at that period, much resembled the New York of today in the numbers of different groups which established themselves within its limits...
...rescind last year's acceptance of the World Court. Said Senators: "We do not wish to waste time discussing it." On the heels of this vote came reports that Great Britain and two other nations had refused to accept the U. S. reservations. A coincidence is always a matter of some importance. Senators issued brief hosannas...
...Klieg-light of Hollywood. Mr. Ruth examined the document, laughed. These club owners will have their jokes. They had sent him a contract which offered a mere $52,000 in return for his 192.7 efforts. Controlling his mirth, Mr. Ruth expressed a desire to be absolutely fair in the matter. He would compromise for a small fraction of his actual worth- whatever that might be. In short he would accept a contract calling for $100,000 a year...