Word: mentioned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...production of a non-corroding steel is not new. It has been going on successfully for some time. But the expense of manufacture has been so high that−except for specialized uses, such as for tableware−it has been impractical. To mention only a few general advantages which would accrue to industry from a cheap non-corroding steel it would...
Operas abound in fights of all kinds, and always have. There is a sword-fight in Tristan, a bullfight in Carmen, a dagger-fight in Cavalleria Rusticana, a gunfight in The Girl of the Golden West, a Chinese axe-fight in L'Oracolo, not to mention word-fights of staggering intensity, especially when a prima-donna screams in Italian and a baritone roars his defy in French...
Wrote a Mercersburg Academy graduate : "I, . . . along with many fellow alumni, resent the fact that you omitted the name of Mercersburg and the mention of her headmaster, Dr. William Mann Irvine, from an article which ends with this sentence : 'These are the schools which during the last quarter-century have achieved some national repute.' You entirely ignore Mercersburg. She's recognized as one of the five greatest- Andover, Exeter, Lawrenceville and The Hill being the other four. She is more democratic than any other school of which you made mention - perhaps that is the reason...
...first place I want to say to you that the Democratic Party has candidates in abundance. We could call the roll of states and find in every state a Democrat worthy to be President of the United States [Applause]. I am only going to mention...
...Significance. As literature, Mr. Hughes' story is, regrettably, not pure gold. But as a cracking good yarn strung on historical data, it deserves mention. In its pages are fascinating glimpses of early American history, revitalized. Days of the sprawling growth of the bristly, sturdy little Nation, days of triumph for Washington, of jealousy between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, ended so tragically on the bluffs at Weehawken, days of wickedness and glamour in the dazzling French Court, days of snobbery and naivete in awkward little New York, days of the fizzing of "the waters" at Saratoga and the journeys...