Word: mouthing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Paraphrasing Henry Morley, for purposes of ambition living men may be blown asunder at the cannon's mouth, cut up with sword or ax, or probed with military lances, but no rational disposition may be made of dead...
...counsel for Bankers Trust. With learned dignity he made his argument and, in spite of apparent difficulty in pronouncing sibilant words, came to his peroration: "If you hold this resolution Constitutional, Congress will have put a stig-" at that point his false teeth popped clean out of his mouth. He grabbed his plate, just as it reached the green baize table, shoved it back in his mouth, continued "stigma on the good name of the country...
...modish taffetas each is dressed in an emotional hair shirt. Both Helen Menken, whose make-up has become more & more white and tragic since her girlish theatrical holiday in Seventh Heaven 13 years ago, and Judith Anderson, a sultry lady with an odd smirk at the corners of her mouth, are past mistresses at handling a heavily dramatic situation. They are both quite at home in The Old Maid, for that opus narrows down into a cat-&-cat fight between the cousins over a daughter whom Charlotte in an unguarded moment had by an artist whom Delia loved...
Last week's crop of prophecies was the shortest in years. Five years of defeat, frustration and ridicule had taught businessmen to avoid mouth-filling generalities, to stick to harmless forecasts about their own industries. Samples...
Last week Mr. Macauley capped his word-of-mouth build-up by unveiling a brand new Model 120 with a straight-eight motor, the famed Packard lines and all the latest gadgets. Price: $980 to $1,095 F. O. B. Most noteworthy innovation was the independent front wheel assembly. Packard used exposed coil springs but added torque arms to assure wheel alignment...