Word: quarreling
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...almost threadbare; yet there is something about characterization and dialogue that makes it intensely funny,--a trace of satire and a dash even of dignified burlesque, but always perfectly plausible people in everyday situations. The money-box penalty for swearing has become a stock device in comedy, and the quarrel between husband and wife over expenses is age-old; but they are handled ingeniously enough here, plus a trivial affaire de coeur between two guests at a house-party, to make adequate substance for a four-act drama...
...quarrel with the bonus on economic grounds or because we dislike putting a fixed price on patriotic service, but neither of these objections applies to the Red Cross plan of helping the wounded veterans by voluntary contributions. So far the government has done very little for the disabled soldiers besides paying their insurance; it may not be able to do much effectively for some time to come. The campaign starting today is for that reason one which deserves the widest support. It is welcome as an opportunity for showing the veterans in question that though we may oppose the bonus...
...Manchurian Railways, and the article which Woodrow Wilson repudiated when he consented to the cession of Shantung to Japan. An international agreement which initiated a promising settlement of the problem of China would accomplish as much for the future peace of the world as would a healing of the quarrel between France and Germany, and it would remove one of the most formidable obstacles to the limitation of naval armaments. For it is the aggressive policy of Japan in China, operating under the cover of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance which lies behind and partly explains the existing competition in naval...
...story of the play is simple, but somewhat improbable. The plot opens with a quarrel between Lady Haden and her husband over an indiscreet love affair of hers. The object of this affection. Edward Thayer, is utterly unworthy, a cheat at cards and a fortune hunter. He has letters of Lady Haden's, uses them, and as a result, she and her husband are separated. Two years later she is discovered in New York, living on the proceeds of the sale of her jewels and by her wits. Various matrimonial opportunities present themselves, and after considerable cold calculation, she finally...
...chief benefits of membership; to refuse to recognize any longer the Monroe Doctrine is to invite undesired foreign interference. Inasmuch as our determination to preserve the Monroe Doctrine at all costs was one of the chief reasons for our rejection of the League, it would seem that the quarrel between Costa Rica and Panama would offer a significant opportunity for the application of our principles...