Word: robustly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Alto when his leave of absence expires next September, this plan may be completed within three years. Otherwise it is likely to remain in abeyance until he returns, as stipulated by the trustees when he left. Meanwhile, Stanford buzzes secretly but excitedly, torn by fierce controversy. The tall, once robust chancellor hears on his death bed the names of the chief protagonists?Herbert Hoover, Secretary Wilbur, Acting President Robert Eckles Swain?all of them his students once. If he was sorry not to live to see them make Stanford what he had dreamed it, he had other great memories...
During the stop at Portal, Her Majesty was abed with a cold, as were most of the 15 other Siamese in the Royal Party. But the Queen's father, genial Prince Svasti, bubbled with robust health and plans. After escorting Their Majesties to the estate they are occupying at Purchase, New York (TIME, April 20), after the reception at Washington, and after a cataract has been removed from His Majesty's left eye, "I personally plan," declared Prince Svasti, "to visit Hollywood...
Japanese editors carefully pointed out that the Emperor is only 30,* that the Empress attained the age of 29 only the day before her latest child was born last week, and that both Emperor & Empress "still enjoy robust health...
...remembered that Smedley Darlington Butler, whose bravery as a soldier has won him two Congressional Medals of Honor and the Distinguished Service Medal, has always spoken as he fights, recklessly, ferociously. When he was Philadelphia's Director of Safety, charged with cleaning up speakeasies and vice, his robust language (sample: "I ought to pull his [the mayor's] nose") got him ousted after about a year. He went back to the Marines, was sent to California. There he denounced and courtmartialed his predecessor in command of the post on charges of drunkenness after entertaining General Butler...
Master of the strongbox is Albert William Benham. For 20 years Citizen Benham worked for National Sewing Machine Co., lived in a modest home. He is a fat, jolly, robust man now going on 46. Recently he mortgaged his home and that of a friend for $4,000. Nobody paid much attention. A lot of people are mortgaging things these days. Then suddenly Citizen Benham zoomed to fame. From a few friends Mr. Benham solicited funds to be invested. Soon he was inviting all Belvidere and nearby cities to give him money. His terms: profits of from...