Word: sit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Here are the apparently trivial explanations of two of the country's ablest political correspondents*: "You go into the headquarters of the Calvin Coolidge campaign, in the Willard Hotel. There sit William...
...never pass because it favors the wealthy.' At this the bankers stood up, hissed me for three minutes. I halted my speech until the hisses subsided, then roared out a second time that the plan would not pass. The bankers retaliated with cries of 'Bring on the other speakers,' 'Sit down' and other remarks, but I stood with arm upraised and roared out the conclusion of my speech. When I sat down there came a ripple of applause; the toastmaster said: 'An honest and forceful address by an honest and forceful...
...sell fiction with a tennis racquet, nor can you sit at a city desk, as I have done, unless you are a practical newspaperman of real experience and initiative...
...well-known London restaurant, the eight lady Members oif Parliament will sit down to a prandial celebration. Those who accepted the invitation: The Duchess of Atholl (Conservative), Lady Astor (Conservative), Mrs. Wintringham (Liberal), Mrs. Hilton Philipson (Conservative), Miss Margaret Bondfield (Labor). Those to be heard from were: Lady Terrington (Liberal), Mrs. D. Jewson and Miss Susan Lawson (Laborites...
...apron you could be morally sure she was going to win, even if her name hadn't been up in the lights outside. Henry Hull plays Tony and Carlotta Monterey the losing Rose. With such a group there really was no need for a plot; accordingly they all sit about the exquisite Belasco settings (Maine coast in summer) and simply spend three acts in engaging chatter. Excellent minor contributions are made by Effie Shannon as Tony's mother and by Andrew J. Lawlor, Jr., as the offensive younger brother of the winning Rose...