Word: momently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When a man dies, his deeds come to life again for a moment. Major General William J. Behan, aged 87, died last week of heart disease in New Orleans and the South remembered him as a hero, not only of the Confederate Army, but of the White League, which battled the Carpet Baggers on the streets of New Orleans in 1874. His famed Canal Street victory, commemorated now by a marble shaft, put an end to the evils of Reconstruction in New Orleans, driving out the northern Republicans and their Negro tools. Major General Behan was elected Mayor...
Thus, the Chancellor defended his Budget with spirit, for some hours, careless or unconscious of his rising fever. Suddenly, however, he was seen to sway, and then to hurry from the House. A moment later he sped by motor up broad Whitehall to his nearby official residence at No. 11 Downing Street-next door to famed "No. 10," the residence of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. Soon Mr. Churchill was tucked into bed. A doctor who could not presume to say I-told-you-so declared firmly that Chancellor Churchill had a seemingly not dangerous case of influenza but must...
...influenza-stricken Chief, set his lips and remained firm. He was then indiscreetly approached by Colonial Secretary Colonel Leopold C. M. S. Amery (strong, speechless man of the Cabinet), who whispered in his ear. At the conclusion of this dramatic whispering Expert Samuel reversed his decision of a moment before and consented audibly to a reduction of the tax on lighters. Thereby he gave the Laborites a prime chance to whoop, heckle and deride him as a soup-will, a ninny-pinny...
Anxiously watching the strange Rumanian drama of last week from Godstone, near London, King Mihai's ineffectual father, Prince Carol (eldest son of Dowager Queen Marie), who would be King at this moment had he not chosen to abdicate (TIME, Jan. n, 1926) and live abroad with a titan-haired Jewess, Mme. Magda Lupescu. Carol, who now aspires to regain powers which he too lightly cast away, said last week: "I didn't leave my country for love of Mme. Lupescu. It's all a lie to say so.† What man would renounce a throne because...
...significant that the airplane, instrument of swiftest progress, was purchased by a "24-hour newspaper" (morning and evening combination) and the only newspaper in its city. It is to be used as part of the regular equipment, not as a stunting device to outdo, for the moment, a competitor...