Word: silents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Into every crack & corner of Pennsylvania went Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, U. S. M. C. (retired), campaigning for the Republican senatorial nomination. A Dry, he was endorsed by Governor Gifford Pinchot. He made 126 speeches (preceded, he said, by 126 silent prayers). But neither speeches nor prayers availed him. Senator James John ("Puddler Jim") Davis, a Wet supported by Boss Vare's Philadelphia machine, last week won renomination by a 350,000-vote majority...
...booming voice, "Why is de cow sticking out de tongue?" With her hands folded over her stomach, she moved last week through the four galleries of the U. S. building, gravely inspected one room full of the tenuous, romantic nudes of the late great Arthur B. Davies, stood silent in front of George Wesley Bellows' famed Dempsey-Firpo Fight. Finally she entered a gallery of Amerindian primitive art chosen by John Sloan. There she listened attentively while fluttering Mrs. Garrett delivered a lecture on the differences between the Hopis of Arizona and the Zunis of New Mexico, the relative...
...last February. General Uriburu's last official acts were pardoning Dr. Irigoyen, rescinding exile orders against opposition leaders (who issued duel challenges at once). Argentine viewed General Uriburu with mixed feelings when he sailed in March for Paris. Last week sirens screamed in Buenos Aires. Carpers, challengers were silent. Argentina newspapers rated Uriburu the Republic's only 20th Century hero...
...After a tedious, solitary trip he found himself one day standing on the deserted railroad platform, surrounded by dense forests, high mountains. The desolate atmosphere made his heart sink. When was the next train out? Luckily for U. S. penology, not until the next morning. Up to the grey silent buildings with the heavy bars walked Lawes alone. The gates clanged behind...
Castorley's words are printed all over the world. He becomes Sir Alured Castorley. Manallace grins, remains silent, helps Sir Alured prepare his major opus. Manallace's devilish plan has worked. Every single word of the Chaucer fragment was ?you've guessed it?his very...