Word: oft
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coincident with this new eruption of an old but by no means superannuated volcano, came a statement from the London Times to the effect that its readers might soon expect the publication of a comparatively complete report of the oft-reported but still mysterious Malines Conversations. In its statement, the Times asserted that at the time of the Malines Conversations an unofficial representative of the Vatican expressed Rome's willingness to grant the British Primate a rank in the Roman hierarchy "equal to and perhaps above the cardinals," should he desire to accept the Roman Catholic faith...
...symbolically-minded said it was practically foreordained that oft-rescued Claret should rescue the distrait Courtney. Impalpable ministers of safety and service hover about the master of the Minnewaska. To accomplish this feat of systematic searching the ship was diverted 341 miles from its track. The Atlantic Transport Company wirelessed the Captain, "You were fortunate to carry out rules of sea and save souls, no matter conditions." The plane was not saved...
These polished words of Lord Birkenhead-typical of his youth as a smart lawyer named F. E. Smith-were flatly contradicted by Dictator Mussolini thus: "The oft-repeated platitude that somewhere in every strong man there is the influence of a woman, is a woven fancy. That there is a feminine 'power behind the throne' is a flimsy tissue of the imagination. No woman ever has been the dominant influence in a strong man's life...
More calmly, with businesslike brevity, Col. William Franklin Knox, general manager of Hearst newspapers, slapped M. Siegfried's hands, tweaked his nose. "All this," sneered Col. Knox, "is merely a reiteration of an oft-repeated slander in which ill-informed people frequently indulge...
...There are at least ten states in which the colored vote is the deciding factor- Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, New York." So say politicians oft and anon at this period of the presidential cycle. The man who said it last week was Perry W. Howard, Republican National Committeeman from Mississippi. Mr. Howard who is a Negro (light colored) also said: "The group I represent has unfortunate ly for years, and to a large extent, followed the political fortunes of Governor Smith in New York and it is essential that this support be brought-back...