Word: soft
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Judge Joseph M. Proskauer of the New York Supreme Courtis a tall, scholarly-looking, soft-spoken Jew, originally from Mobile. He plays golf, goes to the opera, wears a cropped mustache. The criticism against his indulging in politics during a judicial career is four years old. He has assisted every Smith campaign since he received his Smith appointment. Astute, suave, he strives especially to dignify and represent the "New Tammany...
...Department of Chemistry and Lincoin Fairley '23 of the Department of Social Ethics. Hapgood has been an active participant in the recent struggles over the Saceo Vanzetti case, and the later attempts of the United Mine Workers of America to prevent a wage cut in the soft coal fields...
...husband of the Socialist candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, was active last year in the fight to save the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti and has taken prominent part in the recent struggles of the United Mine Workers of America to prevent a wage-cut in the soft coal fields...
...runners with their own methods of shooting and blackjacking. This bravura policy is said to have caused Mr. Golding's removal. Previous to Chicago, he had operated in Cleveland, where he secured 112 indictments. The Golding fame rests largely on the Golding flair for secrecy. But never did soft shoe men indulge in such a brouhaha of publicity as did Mr. Golding in Philadelphia. He issued detailed announcements. He had his sleuths grouped and photographed at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. It was obvious that Mr. Golding wanted to give Philadelphia's 'leggers an even break. People said...
...this last volume. Destiny Bay is the bonniest corner of Ireland, where the purplest heather grows, the gamest trout swim, the swiftest horses race, the most picturesque of gypsies roam, and the finest gentlefolk rule. Head of the ruling family is Sir Valentine, red-bearded from eye to waist, soft of heart, sharp of eye, with a ready curse for any emergency. For the sake of a dying gypsy-queen he defied a time-honored rule of the Derby. He also bullied a Catholic priest into burying a Chinese-his brother's-woman. He also adopted a Spanish lady...