Word: pungently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...SHOW-OFF?A pungent comedy of human striving to impress, that is almost pathetic in its revelation of the insect-like futility of mankind...
...SHOW-OFF?A pungent exposure of the type of man who is always with us, and whom even this incisive satire cannot destroy...
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK?A pungent travesty of Big Business taking itself seriously, with Genius and Love conquering...
...remained for the Harriman National Bank of Manhattan to make of its advertisements pithy and pungent expressions of opinion upon economic and political topics, and upon prevailing legislation and legislators in Washington. Recently, the Harriman National's advertisements took occasion to praise Senator Fess of Ohio for a speech by the latter on April 16 in Boston which commended President Coolidge. When Senator Fess voted to override the President's veto of the Bonus Bill, the Harriman "ad writer," who is reputed to be Joseph W. Harriman himself, at once retracted his praise of Senator Fess, and after...
...Teachers' College by Professor Albert T. Poffenberger, Columbia psychologist. The results were confirmed by more numerous subjects at the 71st Regiment Armory Perfume Show. With men the order was lilac, French bouquet, jasmine, oriental bouquet, rose, violet. With advancing age, men and women both tend to prefer more pungent perfumes than lilac, though young girls like them too. Slim women and all young men want faint perfumes...