Word: sensationism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dutch courtiers know a story of how the little Princess made herself Queen of the Netherlands by a single bold stroke. Senile King Willem had been paying court to her elder sister, Princess Helen, who tactfully refused him on account of his age and reputation. At this crucial moment young...
On Long Island, last week, began serious tryouts to determine the personnel of the U. S. International Cup defending team. The Oranges, with Thomas Hitchcock Jr., J. Cheever Cowdin, Will S. Tevis, C. A. Wilkinson, defeated the Whites, with Robert E. Strawbridge Jr., Malcolm Stevenson, W. A. Harriman, E. A...
Edward Sanford Martin, 72, retired as chief editorial writer' for Life. He wrote Life's very first editorial in 1883, saying: "We wish to have some fun in this paper and to have it as nearly of the right sort as may be." Since then Mr. Martin has...
"The Italian quarter of New York gives a clear-cut sensation of a transplanted fragment of the mother country. . . . You know the dream of all Italians in America is to return to Italy. . . .
Wrote Mr. Tilden last week: "I have never played more tennis in three days in my life ... a new sensation . . . real amateur sport ... for the game's sake . . . personality ... a lesson."