Word: slow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With a gentle swishing of black robes and the slow-shuffling steps of wise old men, the Supreme Court of the U. S., august at Washington, convened for another autumn session in its semicircular little room in the Capitol...
...intend to vote for Mr. Hoover, although I disagree with his views about Prohibition. I think the country will come to a more intelligent way of dealing with that subject than is contained in the present laws, but that will probably be a slow process, and in the meantime the hard task of carrying on our free government with all its many difficulties and dangers must be performed by us. We need the very best man possible to be the head of that business...
...Moon. The producers of elaborate musical comedies or operettas have now come to the conclusion that what the public wants is no longer "sex," but adventure and romance. No one knows how the producers have been able to detect this curious hunger; but they have not been slow in satisfying it. Hither is the present trend of Ziggy; the Shubert show, White Lilacs, makes a valentine out of a vulgar though exciting episode. In The New Moon, Schwab and Mandel, from the cheers and collegiate stomping of Good News, have turned to New Orleans before the French Revolution...
...been suggested that the slow rate of payment this year is a result of lack of understanding on the part of the Freshmen and Sophmore classes of the purposes and advantages of the Budget system. This information is printed on the pledge cards which were included in all registration envelopes. The list of beneficiaries of the Budget and the itemized plan of proposed expenditure of the money collected are also printed on these cards...
...Principe Alfonso steamed slowly in, King Gustaf V of Sweden watched from a balcony of his immense, square palace, commanding the lagoon. Came the slow thunder of a royal salute and its return. Then the King of All the Swedes and many a Lapp* descended to greet a tanned and sprightly Monarch, who soon landed from the Principe Alfonso. Naturally the royal visitor was His Most Catholic Majesty Alfonso XIII, King of Spain...