Word: slant
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Most U. S. news organs and some U. S. news-services put a wrong slant on the story. To the exclusion of other truths it was reported that no Hohenzollern was present at the Death, that a Prussian adjutant of the ex-Kaiser had barked: "The attendance of His Majesty at the funeral is wholly out of the question...
...dentists found the President in a better mood, they would have been interested, when he smiled, in his teeth. On the left side the upper molars are worn down, presumably by chewing pipes and cigars, to a peculiar slant which helped earn him his campaign sobriquet of "Beaver...
...Mays once again went over the line following a 60 yard run. The team functioned well as a unit, carrying out assignments in snappy style. Another long march ended when White slipped off his left tackle for the 'third tally, Mason earning the extra point on an off-tackle slant...
...Wherein are slant vases, many-hued...
...sallied forth last week to capture the walled city of Ninghaichow by the medieval method of a stealthy escalade. Not to be caught napping, however, was the defending Nationalist commander General Liu Chen-nien. As Chang's stalwarts mounted the walls with scaling ladders, Liu's slant-eyed bravos hurled down upon them paving stones and mighty tubsfull of scalding water. Latest cables reported a draw, with Liu asking $200,000 to surrender and Chang offering...