Word: perking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...event of a 3rd mule at Warm Springs, may I suggest the name "Perk...
...Ladies. Author Mackenzie writes Jacobitingly, speaks with contumely of "Whig" reviewers who deplore his loyalist zeal. U. S. readers may not share Author Mackenzie's emotions nor his unflagging interest in the controversial minutiae of the Jacobite legends, but they will not need Scottish blood to perk up their ears at these echoes of "the Forty-five." Author Mackenzie's is not a formal history of the Young Pretender but a series of portraits of the women who made up a large part of his life. Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Maria (1720-1788), like most royalty...
...below par. Organic indigestion drove him from the Royal Navy into the Foreign Office where he was made a third secretary. This proved too strenuous. Sympathetic Edward of Wales took him along on a tour of South America, did all the heavy speech-making himself. Prince George seemed to perk up and catch on. Senoritas praised his dancing, called him "more fascinating than the Prince of Wales." His digestion seemed to improve. He seemed to be able to drink his royal quota of champagne. By careful practice he learned to speak so exactly like the Prince of Wales that equerries...
...reports from Washington are correct, it would seem that any hopes entertained that Congress would forget sectional jealousies in the face of depression, are to be frustrated. The extra-ordinary apropriationn needed at this time have apparently only whetted the appetite for perk. Senator La Follette's bill providing federal relief for local communities has been drawn up with this convicition in mind. Forty percent of the money appropriate will accordingly be divided on the basis of population. The actual needs of the communities will not be considered in regard to this forty percent...
Variety, it is said, is essential to keep one's taste for something keen and sharp. Variety in football watching may do a lot to perk up a jaded appetite, Participation at one of these windy afternoon contests between the diminutive, perhaps, House teams, is fun for all, even if there is fear of getting knocked over by the stakesmen when someone transports the ball on a history-making jaunt. Participation of the present will serve to mould the spirit of the future...