Word: momently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...observation trains pulled into the New London station after the Yale-Harvard boat race a horde of small boys greeted them nourishing green journals. "Yale Wins" stared in six-inch headlines. Since the race had ended not five minutes before this publication seemed for the moment a journalistic miracle. Closer inspection revealed a badly written story of the vaguest and most general character. No mention of the lengths or time of victory was made. Furthermore, the Harvard crew was credited with the smoother, prettier form-a statement arrant in its stupidity...
...campaign, was the lone Democrat elected. In spite of his election. Governor Davis could not abolish the Court- the legislature was entirely in the hands of his opponents. Now the Supreme Court has shorn the Industrial Court of much of its power, Governor Davis thinks the opportune moment has come. He announced that he was considering an extra session of the legislature to repeal the Industrial Court law. Said he: " There is no reason for further squandering the gorgeous sums of money which the State has spent on a court which does not function and is now virtually without power...
...very substantial fortune. But his grapes are sour-he feels he owes at least half his fortune to Wyler. Wyler cannot be found, but his ectoplasm haunts Bassett's conscience. He does his best to salve said conscience, but ineffectively-and then, just at the wrong moment, Wyler reappears. However, do not be alarmed, for all turns out well. And, oh yes, the love interest is there. A some-what doughy comedy, which shows the dangers of killing a perfectly good fictional idea with too much kindness and far too many words...
...hundred people got into the auditorium. The crowd grew restive, as excitable Italian crowds will. Then two young soldiers straight from the provinces searched a beautiful lady in such fashion that she and her escort grew furious. A fight started, and the crowd got more excited. At this critical moment Toscannini, who pays attention to nothing save his orchestra score, walked down in front of the orchestra, raised his baton, and began the first notes of Verdi's Otello. Immediately, according to his orders, the doors of the auditorium swung shut, and were locked...
Cecil had died in San Antonio? Bee had passed through much, including an unhappy love-affair. She and Guy met almost as strangers? but he knew from the first moment that he could never be happy with anybody else. So he told the dessicated Dessie that all was off between them?and she went right out and married the man he had robbed...