Word: potatoe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...even if the inspiration is divine, the result hardly justifies such a high origin. So far the revelations from above have merely led him to discover hundreds of commercial compounds made from the lowly potato, the peanut, and the clay of the South. The prayer of the South to have the monotony of corn pone and "side of hawg" replaced by more palatable dishes is being answered through the black magic of Dr. Carver; and if that is not divine it is at least commendable...
...Times (Democratic), livest to the situation of all Manhattan newspapers, took counsel early, decided that it was within the law, published all the names and amounts it could lay hands on. It gobbled the hot potato whole and was willing, if necessary, to pay $1,000 for so good a meal. To a city full of irate financiers it said: "Resentment . . . is justified but belated. It should have been aroused more vehemently at the time the bill was pending...
...World (Democratic) fingered the potato, dropped it, then picked it up again. In its first edition, the World carried the lists. In the second edition, the lists had been stricken from the page, only to be restored again in the last edition...
...having got "Richard Kane" into this predicament, by half-fledging the wings of his spirit and not developing his practical mental legs, educators almost qualify, says Mr. Edman, for the title the Athenians gave Socrates- "corrupter of youth." Not that Edman stands advocate for courses in horseshoeing, manicuring, potato culture or space-selling; but he sees a possibility for "following the example of certain recent journalistic enterprises"-combining both the cultural traditions and the practical discipline of education- and "retaining the best features of each...
...outwalked everyone in his party. In a tug-of-war match between the Prince's team and a team composed principally of Yale and Harvard men, with one short, sharp tug the American team hauled the Prince's team across the line and down the deck. In a potato race, he was disqualified. A pillow fight on a boom proved irresistible sport. "Here," said the Prince, "I want a shot at that! Get me somebody about my weight. I am 150 pounds." A lanky American lad was found. The two went at each other with such vigor that they both...