Word: muchness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...explaining, trying to explain and justify Eyanson. Savage and sneering was his examination by Senators Walsh, Caraway and Blaine. When he attempted to speak in self-defense, Senator Walsh jerked him up with: "The trouble you're in now is due to the fact that you talk too much." He writhed in his chair and his cheeks were crimson in contrast to his white hair as the investigators spoke of "falsification" and "serving two masters...
Fuming against what he considered the "discourteous treatment" he was receiving from the committee, Senator Bingham defended Eyanson as a "good teacher," denied that he actually lobbied, made much of the technicality that he had not personally cashed his Senate pay checks. In the end, though, Senator Bingham was concerned into the admission that: "I probably made a mistake." He stepped from the stand a very wilted and word-bruised Senator. His colleagues, however, had scant sympathy for him. He has never been a popular member of the Senate because he attempts to manage debate in the same wise-teacher...
...Delacroix came to Berlin directly after the War as a trustee for German railway bonds and a mem ber of the commission which revised the statutes of the Reichsbank, gruff Dr. Schacht concluded with visible emotion: "I must say that the gentle and moderating influence of Monsieur Delacroix did much to remove our post-War difficulties." Humanitarians recall that during Leon Delacroix's two years as Prime Minister he wangled through Belgium's obstreperous Parliament the eight-hour day, universal suffrage, tax reform and the temperance law.* After adjourning for one day to mourn Belgium's Delacroix...
...plans Architect Wright has "overturned the pyramids and lengthened their lines perpendicularly." Thus, at the top the towers are much larger than at the bottom. Each tower rests on a gigantic concrete pedestal; each is supported by a core of solid concrete through the centre. Architect Wright explained that his scheme was specially good for a crowded city because there space is more valuable the higher it is off the ground...
...final and crucial tests of its fall campaign. The knowledge that such an accusation would inevitably bring into the public eye questions of good sportsmanship and fair play should alone have been enough to deter those in authority from announcing their decision at such an injudicious moment, however much the general effect may be minimized by Exeter's traditionally high reputation...