Word: seventh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...made a little speech to the branch of Farmingdale, L. I., of which she became a member. She reminded them that the Guild was not a sewing circle and each member must present two knitted garments a year to some hospital patient unable to knit. She spoke on the seventh anniversary of the death of her son Quentin in France...
...melodies Mandy Lee, Sivect Adeline, I've Been Working on the Railroad, Some Folks Say That a Nigger Won't Steal, et al. There is a foreword by Ring Lardner, alleged basso. There is whimsical but practical explanation of the broad technique essential to impromptu cantatas-"swipes," "seventh heaven," "amen corner," Russian depths and breath control. Most important are the actual scores of a dozen much-mangled tunes and the standard words, disputes over which have rent asunder the closest of harmonizers. Slipped into the covers of the volume are two cheap 5-inch phonograph records...
...newspaperman of fiction is either "hardboiled" or a cub in the seventh heaven of innocence. But the newspaperman in life is generally a man whose chief interest is his own business of gathering news and an amazing admiration for those who adhere to the fundamentals of that business. He is likewise susceptible to the most fundamental pathos...
Thus New England sends a woman to Congress for the first time. She is the seventh woman to sit in the House of Representatives. Others: Miss Jeannette Rankin (Montana) ; Miss Alice Robertson (Oklahoma) ; Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck (Illinois) ; Mrs. Mae E. Nolan (California) ; Mrs. Julius Kahn-(California) ; Mrs. Mary T. Norton* (New Jersey). She follows the new "widow" precedent in politics (Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Kahn and Governess Ross of Wyoming succeeded their husbands-Mrs. Huck, her father...
...slashed and bashed, uppercutted, jabberwocked and jamboureed, with the crowd roaring and Greb, never unhappy, hitting back. Referee Purdy scuttled out of the way as best he could in the next rounds, while Greb came in, his windmill arms striking four times to Walker's once. In the seventh round, Referee Purdy was knocked down, suffered a dislocated knee. A round for Greb. A round for Walker. Hardy Referee Purdy, still in the ring despite his pain, but tiring badly now, was knocked down again. He continued to hobble about in the 14th round when Greb beat Walker...