Word: nones
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exactly like Fred, and has a voice which would deceive Mrs Stone. If his dancing were slightly better, we would be convinced beyond doubt and Charles Dillingham and Will Rogers couldn't make us retract. But as things are, it is just an optical illusion; one of the better, none the less...
...overrule President Cosgrave openly. They were faced with a nasty dilemma when occasion arose for the Crown Council to accredit Mr. Michael MacWhite as Irish Free State Minister to the U.S. (TIME, March 25). But they found a weasel way out. Since the Irish were determined to honor none but Royal signatures, the necessary papers were signed by the Duke of York, Queen Mary and Edward of Wales only...
Last week for the first time in half a decade people talked breathlessly of the chance that David Lloyd George may "come back." Certainly the odds show that he may quite reasonably expect to hold a balance of power between Laborites and Conservatives. None knows how to exploit such a situation better than the little Welsh attorney; the only major politician who has had stamina enough really to survive the war. Last week his energy and fire easily surpassed that of any rival; and both Laborites and Conservatives were in deadly fear lest...
...define what Sam Dodsworth was, at fifty, it is easier to state what he was not. He was none of the things which most Europeans and many Americans expect in a leader of American industry. He was not a Babbitt, not a Rotarian, not an Elk, not a deacon. He rarely shouted, never slapped people on the back, and he had attended only six baseball games since 1900. He knew, and thoroughly, the Babbitts and baseball fans, but only in business...
...enjoy both as long as you do enjoy 'em? Nobody's hired us to come here and be stylish! We haven't got any duty involved! Back home there may have been a law against enjoying ourselves the way we wanted to, but there's none here!" "My dear Sam, it's a matter of keeping one's self-respect . . ." Finally came the dismal feminine finish: "Oh, you simply can't understand...