Word: pungents
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...London the departure of Sir Samuel Hoare was pungent with measured disdain. As only a born Englishman can, Sir Samuel disdained Welsh David Lloyd George and everyone else who has suggested that a deal is in course of being consummated by Italian and French" diplomats with the British Foreign Office. "They are sowing the seeds of suspicion," said the Foreign Minister. "They are playing the game of creating mysteries where mysteries do not exist...
Four hours after eating a big slice of "an ordinary culinary onion of domestic growth, of medium size and fairly pungent.'' every quart of Dr. Haggard's breath contained one-billionth of an ounce of onion oil (allyl propyl disulfide). "The odor was still detectable by the sense of smell...
...Hindenburg. Through the chink thus opened Herr Hitler eventually forced his way to power as Chancellor, finally succeeding Hindenburg - and remaining to this day grateful to von Ribbentrop who presently became a General. Last week the two men were closeted in the Realmleader's mountain snuggery amid the pungent pines of Bavaria. A zipping German airliner had just brought von Ribbentrop from London...
Died. Eugene Robert Black, 61, lately resigned Governor of the Federal Reserve Board; of a heart attack; in Atlanta, Ga. In 1923, after 27 years of law practice, he accepted the presidency of Atlanta Trust Co., later became Governor of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. A conservative with a pungent turn of tongue, he predicted the Crash, gained national note in 1930 when he scolded the Investment Bankers Association for refusing to retrench in the face of Depression. In May 1933 President Roosevelt picked him to succeed Eugene Meyer as head of the Federal Reserve. He resigned last August, continued...
...prints, to delight TIME'S smart circulation sleuths (TIME, Oct. 22, pp. 36?37). . . . (Carried into a crowded, companionable Moscow tram, bright TIME starts more discussions than a tourist in kilts). Zipping through to Moscow with letter speed (record: 11 days), TIME tempts local scribes to translate its pungent Americana days before exchange editors digest slow-moving newspapers. . . . ROBERT S. CARR...