Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wouldn't it be just as logical," cooed Lady Astor, "to say that because you are not a mother you should have no right to talk about children...
...that the Littauers, father and son, made there. Now Son Littauer, resembling "Old Paul'' von Hindenburg in a quiet way, is retired and lives in Manhattan or at Premium Point, New Rochelle, N. Y. He often goes back to Gloversville, where everybody knows him and likes to say hello...
...critics say unanimously, a great musician. To appraise him seems almost impertinent and so they write of his playing in awkward, halting sentences which struggle with big words like "pellucid" and "perfection...
Editor High has hinted what the scroll will say. "It is not only because of Bishop Cannon's leadership but also because of the unselfishness of his leadership that the Christian Herald chose him for this honor. The wet interests reviled him. The wet press made him the brunt of its caricatures. But he never flinched...
...warned that they are not wanted in Italy, since they are "more of a nuisance than a benefit." The daring rebuker of Il Duce's favorite editor was Signor Ezio Maria Gray, President of the Italian State Tourist Bureau. Wrote he, apostrophizing Editor Carli: "Perhaps, as you say, there are travelers who would like to transform Italy into a large scale gaming house, have jazz bands playing under the dome of St. Peter's, or turn the Coliseum into an amusement park. You may berate such people all you like, but for heaven's sake...