Word: momently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...correspondents that they would not- no never!-be dragged into a "political" wrangle. Germany's representative had, moreover, displayed the God-given ungraciousness for which he is famed even in Berlin. A breakdown of the negotiations was per-haps inevitable, but it came suddenly and at a particular moment chiefly because of personal animosity stirred up by the "Iron Man." He himself left the session at which the "break" was said by everyone else to have occurred in his usual frame of mind, remarking: "We have been checked, that is all." Not until the bulls he had red-flagged...
...said Mr. Cook, "that I am able to come here without contaminating any one of you [Tories]. His conduct and attitude have shown that all mankind has qualities in common, one man with every other. He has proved to the miner and his wife and children that in this moment of great suffering they are not forgotten...
...learned that the gymnasts were starting their southpaw Lipp, but Ticknor continued in his batting slump, striking out three times. Nugent drew a walk in the first inning. E. H. McGrath '31 singled, and a passed ball which rolled into the Crimson dugout let them both in. A moment later when the catcher dropped his third strike. Ticknor saw first base for the first time since early in the Southern trip, but was stranded there...
...immense concourse that would have made a footfall seem loud. At length "the class of 1744" was called; a feeble old man stepped forth, and passed along the aisle alone. A reaction was experienced, and a burst of animated cheers followed his tottering foot-steps. It was a grand moment. I know nothing finer in the poetry of life...
...this is of particular moment to the world because the recent crisis in the activities of the Experts' Committee now meeting in Paris has been reflected in Germany in accelerated outflow of gold, and the adverse movement of the foreign exchanges...