Word: poltroon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Japan the new Premier enjoys the reputation of a valiant, discriminating drinker, and a gentleman of perfect decorum in his frequent visits to geisha-houses. On one such occasion he became aware during the night that he had carelessly set the establishment on fire. No poltroon, he sobered instantly, ordered the geisha girls out into the street, organized the men-servants to carry out furniture and extinguish the fire, paid openhandedly for the damage he had wrought...
Recently U. S. Senator Robert N. Stanfield of Oregon walked the beach at Ocean City, Md., suddenly, startled, heard a scream. Mrs. J. E. Swanson of Florida was struggling feebly against buffeting combers. No poltroon, Mr. Stanfield swam lustily to her, fought undertow for 15 minutes before he could make the shore. Said the Senator: "This experience was the most harrowing of my life...
...light-ship to rescue his beloved and her party, clinging to a yacht that is impaled on treacherous reefs. They are gradually carried off by grace of the wireless and the breeches buoy. The young commander, who must absolve himself from the taint of cowardice inherited from poltroon father, is torn between love and his duty to stick by his ship in a storm. Rod La Rocque is excellent, not only in his heroic moments, but in the dramatization of the inhibition that is the backbone of this story. Jacqueline Logan is convincing as the girl who believes...
...Mencken carries on his abuse against Rotary much longer, Public Opinion may proclaim him a bully-or, to use his language-a cad, a double-barreled ass, a poltroon...