Word: olympian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Conservatives might not miss MacDonald's eyes but they would certainly miss his much-publicized heart. British dopesters were busy last week figuring that, if MacDonald resigned, he would take with him the weak men in the National Cabinet. This meant two in particular: Sir John Simon whose Olympian coldness in human contacts had not served Britain well in foreign affairs; and the Marquess of Londonderry, Air Minister, who should have known that Germany was building an air fleet...
Last year Congress granted the Securities & Exchange Commission the power to hurl thunderbolts into almost any corporation it saw fit. Instead of exercising such an Olympian prerogative, as U. S. Business fearfully predicted, SEC has proved to be a tolerant and forbearing body. Last week for the first time SEC thundered in august wrath. Object: Baldwin Locomotive Works...
...Sorely vexed the Japanese Government by debating with Olympian superiority whether Great Britain's duty is to "intervene and mediate" between China and Japan...
...Manhattan last spring a New York City detective named Louis Barr found Vincent Burke, director of the Olympian League of Nudists, sitting at a desk in front of Topel's Swimming School. Mr. Burke had rented the establishment for a nudist assembly, in brazen violation, Detective Barr suspected, of State laws against lewdness, indecency and nuisances...
...detective showed Mr. Burke a letter inviting a "Dear Friend" to the Olympian League's annual Nudism Forward Campaign. "How much would it cost?" "One dollar for single men, or single or married couples," answered Mr. Burke. Detective Barr had a Miss Anna Brady, a policewoman in plain clothes, with him. Both entered...