Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Democratic strategy-before the G. O. P. convention meets. Cleveland and Philadelphia moreover were both unembarrassed by "native sons." It is considered bad political form to nominate a man in his own state. The possibility of Herbert C. Hoover's being chosen counted against San Francisco for this reason. In Pennsylvania, the only native son who might loom was Andrew Mellon, but he was not likely to choose to loom. In Ohio, Senator Frank Willis and Speaker Nicholas Longworth are favorite sons but presidential waifs. Added together and multiplied by five they would not loom...
...largest of U. S. cities, New York, did not bid, not only because of the Democratic madhouse of 1924, but because she gets spectacles enough without "boosting" for more. St. Louis did not bid for the same reason that Eureka, Mo., did not-no hall big enough...
Although the official reason for the visit was that of returning Chancellor Ramek's call, and though it was admitted that the secondary object of the visit was to secure Vienna as an ally at Geneva, it was nevertheless mooted that the real objects were to discuss the anschluss (or union of Austria and Germany) and a preliminary economic entente. Despite denials that these subjects were not broached, it was pointed out that two such distinguished German statesmen, overburdened by the pressure of work, would not make the journey to Vienna for the simple object of discussing a mutual...
...clowns can match Ringling's. Perhaps it was for this reason that the Chicago Civic Opera chose Pagliacci for the debut of Baritone Robert Ringling,** son of the late Circus Proprietor Charles Ringling, nephew of the living John. He made a stout, pleasant "Tonio," not half so loud-mouthed as his size portended. The audience liked him, liked, too, Soprano Olga Kargau, wife of a Chicago merchant, who was a new "Nedda...
There is no adequate reason why any one should undertake to refute the Yale Weekly's article. Those who are members or graduates of the University will realize that as a faithful picture of Harvard life it is even funnier than Metro-Goldwyn's tribute. And those who are neither members nor graduates nor friends will derive extraordinary delight from the Macfadden-like revelations of this particular example of "intrinsic vigor and communal health...