Word: personally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...once said, and wisely: "There is more Hoover in the Administration than any other one person." And what does Herbert Hoover typify? Economic goodliness, organizing skill, a harmless personality with neither pungent anecdotes nor the taint of scandal. And what does the Coolidge Administration typify? The same things...
...gurgled mischievously. In all, 13 quarts of mellow liquor were confiscated. The Governor and his eight companions were arrested, appearing voluntarily at jail in the morning. Each furnished a $300 bond. No one seemed to know who owned the suitcase. "Plain Bill" offered to let the raiders search his person; said he was merely an invited guest who was enjoying a little fishing by day and poker by night...
Furious, Lord Lloyd protested vainly for an hour, finally was allowed to use the telephone. Calling the British Embassy he gave way to his feelings. Scandalized, the British Ambassador, Sir Ronald William Graham, sped in person to the police station, identified Lord Lloyd, swore that he was no potential assassin, and secured his release by a reluctant and still auspicious Fascist Police Captain. Foreigners in Italy less potent than...
Thumbing the slender volume, King Christian may well have reflected with warmth in his heart that he receives as King of Iceland some 60,000 kroner a year ($16,000) from his Icelandic subjects who thus retain their actual freedom while united, through the person of the King, with Denmark, their potent protectress...
...most popular games being played in England. Perhaps the fact that the Prince of Wales is a devotee is partly responsible for the huge attendances at the twelve tournaments which are held annually in England. And women have accepted the sport with an enthusiasm which women rarely evidence in person al athletics...