Word: neither
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...retire with the record of having graced three administrations. There are eight other cabinet positions. At least eight men were last week recommended for each of them. Mr. Hoover enjoyed listening to the fine things that were said about all of them. Mr. Hoover was neither stiff nor irregular. Even small-eyed Senator Watson, who loudly denounced Mr. Hoover before the nomination, was invited to appear. The people who saw him were glad to talk discreetly to the press-it was invaluable publicity. When Mr. Hoover arrived in Florida, the prevailing opinion as to the rest of the Cabinet...
...barbaric land where tribal loyalties are the strongest bond, the person of the King may be of paramount significance. Had swart, wiry little King Amanullah been assassinated, neither his phlegmatic 280-pound brother, or another brother who is insane, or the boy Crown Prince Rahmatullah (TIME, Sept. 17) could have saved the dynasty of Durani. But Amanullah was not dead. Presently he came speeding by motor car into Kandahar, "Second City of the Realm," after encountering no opposition from the bandits who, stupid, seemed to think that when a king has abdicated he is going to stay abdicated...
...cure rheumatic fever not even its cause. In search of cause & cure of that disease and of a score of others the Garvans are quietly giving their money. A footnote to their unobtrusiveness is the fact that Mr. Garvan, in his Who's Who autobiography, mentions neither their benefactions nor connection with the Chemical Foundation...
...Sophomore prom. Since dance expenses are a fixed element, that is, they remain practically unchanged whether 400 or 600 attend, all receipts beyond a certain amount may be devoted toward making the dance more elaborate and attractive. Favors are an essential element of a successful dance. These are given neither at the Prom nor the Jubilee, and contribute toward their failures...
Synthetic Sin. Colleen Moore is a competent comédienne and the idea of this picture (a small town beauty who, told that she will never be a great actress until she suffers, goes to the city to sin) has possibilities, but somehow or other neither Miss Moore's talent nor the plot is used to much advantage. There are times when both the story and the actress wink and twitch like someone about to do something really funny, but the moment always slips away, the wit is not managed, and what is left remains small-town fooling. Best...