Word: moment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that brilliant young man" was believed to be holding his fire. He had more to gain, for his own cause of getting Progressives elected to Congress throughout the Northwest, by waiting for a more dramatic moment to declare himself. He had much to lose from his reputation for square-speaking if he did not ultimately declare himself. Because, besides the utterances of the LaFollette organs, there were other elements and developments...
...secret is that I walked with Mary Queen of Scots, last night, here in Jedburgh ! Wherever a Scot may be he always has at least one moment in the day when he leans against the nearest object and thinks of Mary Queen of Scots. That's our romantic secret...
...discontent. Though often he voiced the assurance that he was thinking profound thoughts, his bombastic manner of doing so made you think he was lying. His intellectual hauteur had grown somewhat to resemble Gene Tunney's when finally the devil appeared with promises of pleasure. In the first moment of action on the stage and one in which for an instant the enchantments of the underworld seemed real, Faust wrapped his cloak around him and flew with his companion through the dark air in search of gaudy cities and delight...
...Shakespeare took the pass from center, juggled it a moment, and tossed to Roosevelt. A second to balance himself, and Roosevelt shot a pass on a bullet-like trajectory to Smithers, wing-footed Maroon end. As Smithers, four yards from a touchdown, felt the pigskin against his chest, the lithe form of Codfish Cabot, the doughty little Massachusetts quarterback, hit him amidships, and down he went. Roosevelt crashed the line, but Tiny Timm, giant guard, blocked his way. Again Roosevelt drove, and this time over the line...
...forced to pay ten dollars for a membership which had proven not worth that much to me. Under such an agreement, men not likely to frequent the Union would not have to visit it to resign, and men likely to visit the Union would have to waste only a moment's time signing up for another year. Sincerely yours, Philip Donham...