Word: pots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proper key. "Mrs. Hardcastle" was exceptionally well played by Miss Esden. Unfortunately the performance was a long time reaching this level, and some of the earlier scenes were--sad to say--badly over-played. In contrast to the former productions, the bit where the two travelers drain the pot of ale dry in spite of the efforts of their supposed host to get a swallow himself, was rendered purely for its farce values, and the very rich comedy in it wholly neglected. Above all, the incident where "Diggory" delivers a letter stuck in a broom by way of a salver...
...teams' standing follows: Won. Lost. Pot. Juniors, 2 1 .557 Seniors, 1 1 .500 Freshmen, 1 1 .500 Sophomores...
...been a daily feature of these journals but the effectiveness of such propaganda is markedly lessened by the realization that it is motivated not so much by a constructive desire for Irish freedom as by a smarting hatred of England: It may be the natural desire of the pot to call the kettle black that shapes the policies of these anti-British journals, but the effect upon their over-credulous readers is deplorable. If the Irish cause is ever to succeed it must at least be voiced by those who are sincere in their efforts...
Contingencies such as this are bound to occur whenever there is a division of power or authority. The League, in giving to Poland the prerogative of using her army to keep the peace, has don the only thing possible to prevent Danzig from becoming a perpetual stew-pot of international differences...
...said, "to send representatives of the Legion to talk to the immigrants before they left Ellis Island. Assistant Secretary of Labor Post, for reasons best known to himself, refused to allow us to do this, but we must see to it that America ceases to be the melting pot of nations and becomes one united nation...