Word: peccadillo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Explosion. Not until last week did Republican and Communist newsorgans discover and commence to flay the indiscretion of General von Seeckt. Most lamentably Defense Minister Gessler, ignorant of the General's peccadillo, denied publicly what proved to be the truth: that Prince Wilhelm served with the "Hohenzollern Ninth" during the recent maneuvers...
...deposed and swore that during the 13-month regime of the now deposed Dictator President Pangalos (TIME, Aug. 30), Mme. Pangalos regularly imported (smuggled) silk into Greece, duty free, under diplomatic seals, and disposed of it through a modiste related to General Pangalos. He, approving his wife's peccadillo, issued a decree forbidding the importation of silk as a measure of national economy. Thus Mme. Pangalos enjoyed a total monopoly, is said to have tripled the presidential stipend...
...class does not give, it does not have a picture. That reductioad absurdum should convince even the most oafish yearling that coins, not rolls of paper, are needed. Of course, 1928 does not know what use will be made of its money, but that, after all, is a mere peccadillo. Last year the freshmen covered themselves with ignominy by being tight, uncommonly tight, which is a shocking reversal of the proper order, 1928, however, will have no conscientious scruple for parsimony. Forty-two percent of the seniors never drink, and it is rumored that this year the funds, instead...
...glancing casually through our files, we chanced to read your name in connection with a triviality of $900. The discovery was amazing, a sheer piece of luck, which we wish you to share. Nothing could be more painful to the management than that non-settlement of this peccadillo, this bagatelle, this merest nothing, should prey upon your conscience. We assure you, therefore, it is absolutely payable immediately. A check for this drollery will close your most desirable account, and we insist on this lest its postponement give you anxiety. Solicitously yours...