Word: rich
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Today, for a Saturday, is unusually rich in lectures that promise instruction and entertainment. Saturday usually presents a dearth of lectures that drives the Vagabond to Boston where he investigates a new exhibition, attends a concert, or even sneaks into a picture palace to indulge in the racy thrills of the latest stupendous feature from Holywood...
...Ford Keeler Brown's (St. John's College) proposal, to investigate "the ideas and life of Mrs. Hannah More, an unusual representative of conservative English thought from 1780 to 1830," sounded precious, but from such biographies are spun the rich texture of the past...
...cream makers throughout the U. S. sought license to manufacture Eskimo Pie. For every dozen of these pies they made-and at the height of Eskimo Pie popularity 2,000,000 were sold daily-they paid Russell Stover and Christian K. Nelson a nickel. These men grew rich-income $1,000,000 yearly. Then the U. S. Foil Co. which manufactures wrappings for can- dies and small articles, bought control of their company and they became contented security holders in the now $25,000,000 corporation...
...poetry of the issue has the uncertain virtue of clinking merrily in the rhymes. Some critic might hold that our college bards have no singing in them whatsoever. Perhaps it is more justly put to say that while their contents are rich enough, their throats are seasonably hoarse. I venture, however, that the keen ear of Dean Briggs himself would find pleasure in "He came upon a sunbeam to the fount, Unrippled mirror of that winged romance...
Thirty thousand people crowded about the race track at Tia Juana, Mexico-famed drinking, gambling spot for southern Californians and visitors-to witness the rich Coffroth handicap. Among the spectators were noted fighter Jack Dempsey; his wife, movie-actress Estelle Taylor; a host of lesser celebrities, foretelling spring fashions from Paris...