Word: ruse
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...opening night) and "Warden Ross." Although the Governor repeatedly tries to have the show stopped, the warden and a young woman whose brother is sentenced to be electrocuted next day persuade him to see the thing out. As the little play within a play unfolds, like Hamlet's ruse to catch the conscience of the King, it becomes evident that the sister's plan is to present to the Governor evidence in her brother's behalf which he had refused to consider previously. Ultimately the Governor is convinced that the condemned brother is innocent, that another Sing...
According to Mr. Bingham, one genius donned a red sweater and flannels, trotted up to the gate, and ejaculated breathlessly one word, "Manager." The ruse was successful, and the "manager" saw the game free. It is not, however, says the director, a scheme which will work twice...
...Wister reported that, when he informed President Roosevelt of the ruse: "The President's face flushed darker than I had ever seen it. Then he shut his teeth with that familiar snap of his, as he said...
Manufacturers of foodstuffs fought him bitterly. As chief U. S. chemist he fought with every bludgeon and ruse he could for the passage of Federal pure food laws. In 1906 Congress passed such laws. In the administrations of Presidents Roosevelt and Taft the opposition became climactic. Both Presidents sustained Dr. Wiley. He resigned in 1912, after downing hecklers...
...Charlestown Prison, Boston, Mrs. Edith Barlow's husband wanted his habitual narcotics. Mrs. Barlow stuffed a goodly supply in a rubber finger cot, placed it in her mouth. As she kissed a friendly prisoner, whom in ruse she called her brother, she tongued the drug-stuffed cot into his mouth. A guard caught them...