Word: saws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with some amusement that the world saw Ramsey MacDonald; first Labour Prime Minister, pay his respect to the King of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and Emperor of India as dutifully as ever did Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Wellington, or Lord North. It probably made Soviet ministers throw bombs, clench their teeth, bristle their whiskers and evince other characteristically Russian signs of displeasure. It reassured conservative England; at least radical viewpoints did not interfere with good taste...
Turning, he saw his room-mate, home-ward bound, bag in hand, hat on head...
...Americans are great children; they like to be approached directly. I illustrated my lectures with slides, placing under their eyes the majority of the portraits which you see around me here, and which are all autographed. In this way, they saw that I knew the people I talked about, that they were my friends. They were the more interested, consequently, and they enjoyed themeselves...
This will be invaluable for conversational purposes, since you saw it in Boston. Don't fall to mention the best actress-comedienne of them all, Pert Kelton, whose imitations are inimitable. And swear by Marlyn...
When I first saw the cover of the Lampoon's Wonder-Book, I felt sure I should enjoy the number. One could hardly imagine a more charming prelude--a boy and girl wandering across a fairy heath where on near the witch tree and far from the enchanted castle they meet a glant and discover elves; all this in exquisite tinis and April airlness. What a clever hand Philip Boone must have, I said; and I turned to the pictures within to see how the other articles had expressed the spirit of whimsey which must twinkle in story books...