Word: shedding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...passed most of his boyhood has also been the subject of much controversy; recently this too has been settled, definite proof having been obtained that it was at the old Strother's Farm opposite Fredericksburg. At present little remains of this historic farmhouse, with the possible exception of a shed popularly called "The Surveyor's Office," which might very well have been a chicken-coop...
Since cost seems to be the main point in the argument of those who desire to dispose of the tradition, the figures of last year's Prom may shed light on the matter. Yesterday's editorial stated that the cost of a Prom is $3,000. Since 250 couples and 150 stages attended the dance last year if the price of tickets for couples and 150 stages attended the dance 1st year if the price of tickets for couples alone had been ten dollars instead of eight, there would have been no deficit. To attend a "Special Night...
...brother officers, Prussians and Bavarians, followed him to Gorheim, not only because they were sad for the blood they had shed, but also because they disliked the post-war world. During the last few months the penitents have come by twos and threes, until last week it was calculated that at least 200 had been received as novices at the monastery. Most of them were socially prominent in Berlin and Munich, living lives of blithesome ease, swanking at regimental reunions...
...three tears Critic Evans shed were crocodile tears. After all he had kept his job, nay, got a better one. Many of the funnymen who have been engaged the last few years in making Life comical were looking for new markets for their quips and quiddities. Among them was Robert Sherwood himself, who, in addition to reviewing the movies, had been editor of the magazine for four years, associate editor for four years before that...
...patently godless Frankfurters who sat in orchestra stalls. Ladies in sparkling décolleté who had never smelt anything worse than an onion, found their gowns and hair suddenly reeking with a liquid that stank like putrid eggs. Gentlemen in evening dress who had never wept, shed rivulets as tear bombs burst around them. Amid frantic pandemonium the élite of Frankfurt rushed stumbling forth pellmell. Meanwhile the good and pious in the gallery-having thrown their last stench bomb-grouped about their clergyman and sang a triumphant hymn...