Word: polishing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Something to Brag About preaches that dull husbands may catch a high polish at any moment. This particular husband comes out of his coma long enough to hold up a neighbor for $1,500. The same day, his wife decided she should leave him for a slimmer, sager...
...Polish soldier who, when exiled, went to America, joined Washington's army. He distinguished himself in many a battle, was made a brigadier general, raised for the colonists a mixed troop, the Pulaski Legion. Wounded when Savannah was attacked (1779), he died on board ship two days later. In Savannah, General Lafayette laid the cornerstone of a monument...
...Introduction to the Study of the Elephant. The Russian retired to his garret, drank quantities of vodka, numerous samovars of tea, produced a small volume : The Elephant-Docs He Exist? The Pole immediately set to work and in six weeks finished a pamphlet called The Elephant and the Polish Question...
...Paderewski retold the story delightfully with one or two minor variations, such as the Englishman taking his biscuits, his port wine and his pipes. He said he was going to follow his compatriot and discuss the Polish question- but without including the elephant...
...pronuniciation Sh-trin-ski, as given by TIME, is identical to the sound emitted over the telephone by the Polish Vice Consul in New York, Mr. Stalinski...