Word: poked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...both working the same side of the street. Still. Old Ironpants is a public man, and a figure of our time in the U. S. A., and I imagine that years from now, when the historians are writing about the fury of this campaign, they will poke around in Hugh Johnson's stuff to recall the spirit of the fight...
...here at the place of my birth, I have sought to make clear what I believe to be the choice now before our country. It is the choice between the pig-in-the-poke policies of the present Administration and those American institutions under which we have enjoyed more liberty and attained a higher standard of living than any other people in the world...
Moreover the assassins "claimed that statesmen close to the Throne had, ever since the London Naval Treaty was signed, been interfering with the Imperial prerogative." This was a poke at Prince Saionji, who is still His Majesty's chief adviser despite nebulous promises by the new Cabinet to make the Emperor and his prerogatives utterly supreme. Finally the assassins, like the new Cabinet, sought "to assure clarification of the national policy, expansion of national defense armaments and stabilization of the peoples-in a word, to bring about the so-called Showa Restoration" under which the Japanese Empire...
Alan Patrick Herbert, famed Punch humorist and M. P., popped up in the House of Commons to poke fun at recent Fascist demonstrations in London. Said he: "Between black shirts and red shirts I am one of those who cry, 'A plague on both your blouses.' They name themselves after their lingerie, whether black shirts, blue braces, pink pants or dirty drawers...
...chain as a Paramount subsidiary. Now 48, reserved, deliberate, hardworking, he lives on Chicago's North Shore, is active in Jewish affairs, takes a great interest in the Chicago Riding Club and the Arlington (Ill.) race track, both of which he helped found. Taking a sly poke at Wall Street's various unsuccessful attempts to run a Hollywood enterprise, Barney Balaban declared last week: "It is a source of confidence to find the board of directors giving due recognition to the necessity of having experienced men in the industry and in important positions in the management...