Word: nay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cambridge life must be the ambition of every editor, and a few New Yorker parodies would serve as admirable pick-me-ups to cure the hangover from which it has suffered. What Lampy needs now is not salts, but a few tall ones to keep up its good, nay, excellent spirits...
...President Coolidge sent an answer to Wyoming, in a certain way. He told his secretary what to say, and let the secretary sign the letter. This procedure, after "I do not choose" (August) and "My wishes will be respected" (December), seemed intended to show that the Everlasting Nay had now become a matter of office routine. Secretary Sanders wrote: "The President directs me to say that he must decline to grant the request of the committee...
...days. He is coming to get an A. B., and then spend two more years at the Business School. His motive is not to make friendships that will help him in business, for he has no used to them; nor to be a big man in the college, nor nay of the other reasons that form the basic impulse for many students to enter. His motive, to live and enjoy an ordinary college life. is refreshing simple and commendable...
Flip Flop. Because Manhattan bankers are ready to follow the nod of Dwight W. Morrow, who was a partner of J. P. Morgan before he became Ambassador to Mexico, it was prudent, nay a pleasure, for Señor Calles to flip flop from one set of ideals to another. He flipped and he flopped, last week, to such good purpose that the Mexican Chamber and Senate took two vital steps...
...Vagabond stood irresolute, no, he was sitting--and silent. Just then the music swung into pianissimo and the violinist rendered a vocal solo. The Vagabond listened, hoping, nay praying, for a suggestion in the words that might provide a topic for small talk, however banal. The violinist's voice was excellent....What was he saying...