Word: smile
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...secret service man received it and despatched it to his master's bedroom. He then informed the President that the presidential ulster had been left behind in a hotel room at Chicago on President Coolidge's recent visit there-left behind but recovered. The President did not smile. He does not like to have his clothing lost, and the secret service men are responsible for preserving his wardrobe intact when he travels...
...Wales made his first public appearance since the death of Queen Alexandra. Three hundred Britons and Argentines crowded to do him honor at a dinner given by the Argentine Club of London. Once more the cables flashed the now stereotyped description: "He arose, wearing a kind of bashful smile . . . fidgeted with his tie . . . blushed slightly...
...Johnson, sparring partner of many fighters, who once was drubbed by Jack Dempsey. Now his life is free and easy; he looks the white folks over as they pass through the door, keeps out the trashy ones, lets in the hungry ones, bows to the haughty ones, spreads his smile. Last week, while he stood displaying his buttons, a taxicab snarled down the street and stopped before him. Doorman Johnson helped two people out, waited for the taxi to move along. Its driver, one Edward Cohen, seemed inclined to loiter, to dawdle. "Hump yo'self, Jew boy," said Doorman Johnson...
Doorman Johnson smiled his ivory smile. One of his fists moved forward a few inches. Mr. Cohen fell to the ground, spat out two teeth, screamed for a policeman...
...play the game and smile both: I well remember a coach who, on finishing a preliminary "fight talk" to a team two hours before it went on the field for an important game, said: "I don't want to see a smile on any one of your faces between now and game time...