Word: nervous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Regents, in pledging their several oaths to King Michael, adopted very different tones of voice and attitudes. Prince Nicholas, uncle of the King, spoke his oath as most youths of 23 would speak to a five-year-old nephew. His Majesty seemed nervous and a little frightened...
...erratic earth. Lilias Rabenstein was the daughter of an ambassador whose wife, the most charming lady of Europe, was intimate with the American mother of Cintra Amory. The two girls, growing up together in the flowery atmosphere of pre-War Europe, grew up differently. Lilias, a remote and nervous comet, began her life by being engaged to Franz Czarany who later veered through an Italian milky way to exert an astral influence on Cintra. She, a steadier but not less brilliant star than Lilias, later married Terrence Down. When Lilias came to Paris after the War, Terrence was not blind...
Died. Dr. Garrett Droppers, 67, onetime (1914-20) U. S. Minister to Greece and Montenegro, professor emeritus of political economy at Williams College; following a nervous breakdown and paralytic stroke; in Williamstown, Mass...
...After a nervous session in the ballot room, it was announced that Dean Mathey, Princeton, N. J., had been elected trustee of Princeton University from the Second Region (comprising Manhattan and the State of New Jersey). This region sends more sons to Princeton than any other. Yet Mr. Mathey (of the class of 1912) is the youngest member of the board of trustees, was selected from a field of six candidates, "after the most spirited voting in the history of the University." Some of the men whom Mr. Mathey will help direct the destiny of Princeton are Charles Scribner (books...
There was Coolidge gone off to fill the great open spaces with his silence. And my little roommate began to make noises like this, "Bang, Bang", as he thought of Dead Eye Dick, Nervous Nelly and all of the old gun toting sons of guns out where our gay President is to don his overalls for the summer publicity...