Word: softly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believe so," answered the little Chancellor in a voice curiously meek and soft, "I do believe so!" and twitching himself painfully into his limousine he rode away, whistling pensively. Later, when the whole British press had begun to roar unanimous approval, the little lame Yorkshireman said: "If England is pleased, so am I. I set myself a task and it was not an easy one. Without the help of my wife I could never have achieved...
...16th century morality play. There were screams of mock-horror when the Devil popped from a trapdoor, careened fiendishly over the stage, diabolically swished a crimson tail. Then the audience commented on the beauty of the setting when, as the Cathedral in the background was streaked with soft shadows, Everyman prepared to climb into his grave, pathetically imploring...
Explained Emanuel Koveleskie, who represents this veteran union with the American Federation of Labor: "The old-time saloon bartenders still are tending bars, but as soft drink and soda jerkers, so in the interest of accuracy we are changing the name. In New York we still call them bartenders' unions. In Missouri they are beverage dispensers' unions. In such states as Kansas we don't even have any organization any more...
...major political concession which Dr. Stresemann has sought for years-one for which Germans yearn with a passionate desire not fully realized in other countries-is swift, complete evacuation of the 60,000 Allied troops still occupying the Rhineland. Last week the short, soft fingers of the statesman from Berlin seemed to have virtually within their stubby grasp an Anglo-French agreement to evacuate the Rhineland at the latest...
...soft, wet soil of Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, where Scout tents had been bogged for a fortnight, Baron† Baden-Powell buried what he soon described as a golden hatchet. Next he handed round golden arrows, one to each national Scout leader. Finally beloved "B. P." cried in his rich, booming bass voice...