Word: odd
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...allowed either to snap or stamp again and therefore became a bit boring. Her Hawaiian dance was the next best thing. Lou Holtz accompanied a Jolsonized monologue with two strings of his take-down guitar, but most of his jokes were old and a bit off-color. It seems odd that a black face and spoken song make a presentable imitation of Jolson. Kitty Doner's feet were in excellent form, and Jack Pearl, comedian with a Keith accent, made himself reasonably funny. His part as Sombrero Jack when he took three falls was perhaps his best attempt...
...gone forth can easily be imagined by the Daylight Saving "grousers" At the same time it may have reminded people of what an arbitrary and imperfect thing the Gregorian calendar is. Although Caesa, and Pope Gregery put it inot fair harmony with the solar year, it is full of odd quirks. For instance it begirs on January first instead of with the vernal equinox because the Renaissance advanced the entrance of the consuls into office, their official opening of the new year, to get some respectable generals for a war. Then Easter depends upon the full moon, not because...
...being the old long-coated dignified and often tubercular scholar, stood revealed as the alert, energetic, quick and strong youth in his trim looking track suit, who had learned all the lessons of self-control, self-discipline and team play which China needs so much today. The four hundred odd entries from some twenty-five schools experienced the need for adequate training and the exertion of every ounce of strength if they were to win--another lesson which will be valuable to China in her struggle for a place among the nations...
...MARIONETTES?The Teatro dei Piccoli of Rome presenting an odd novelty. Said to be "the best since Hector was a puppet...
...Pittman Act, which compels the Treasury in buying silver to replace silver dollars to pay one dollar an ounce for the metal, is still exercised and protesting because the Treasury refuses to buy silver (TiME, June 18). The market price has been hovering at 60 and some odd cents an ounce. Under Secretary Gilbert objects to extravagance. There is talk of an alliance between the farmer and silver groups in the next Congress with a log-rolling slogan: "$1.00 silver, $1.75 wheat...