Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whether cockfighting is barbarous and cruel, it is a matter of opinion: we think the same about boxing...
...arch-Democratic New York World-perhaps as a matter of interest, perhaps as a sly play upon the superstitions of its readers -said: "Acceptance of the Frothingham residence as campaign headquarters was made on the same day that word was received that Mr. Frothingham had died suddenly on his yacht while cruising off the coast of Maine...
...Seeming to Say Something Without Doing So must be practiced, no matter how it bores or shames you. Candid candidates lose. It is folly to discuss live issues unless forced...
Then neophyte José de Leon Toral, disgusted with his fellows, inspired ' by Mother Concepcion, took the matter in his own hands. More courageous, more resolved, he entered the restaurant La Bombilla, approached General Obregon, face to face (TIME, July 30) shot him dead...
...Murasaki* of the versatile wit and mature charm. "Coming from the presence of younger women, such as Nyosan, Genji always expected that Murasaki would appear to him inevitably (and he was willing to make allowance for it) a little bit jaded, a trifle seared and worn. . . . But as a matter of fact it was just these younger women who failed to provide any element of surprise, whereas Murasaki was continually astounding him . . . her clothes scented with the subtlest and most delicious perfumes...