Word: sorts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nothing of the sort...
...Justice Frederick Lincoln Siddons of the famed theatrical family of that name (TIME, Nov. 14). Justice Siddons lost much prestige through having to declare a mistrial that might not have occurred had he locked up the jury. The new judge, Justice Jennings Bailey, set out to conduct a different sort of trial by examining the talesmen himself, and curtly overruling many an elaborate objection by Sinclair's lawyers. Moreover, he announced that court would convene at the unheard of hour of 9 a. m., and served notice on the Sinclair lawyers that special pleading would not be permitted...
...present generation is no worse than any other," she continued, "but should have protection from such ridiculous ideas as companionism. The spread of a doctrine of this sort should be nipped in the bud. It can be dangerous if allowed...
...Chicago the Incredible, the approach of April primaries brought about a recrudescence of the sort of things that have made the city world-infamous. Politicians hurled Chicago language of stunning crudity. Gangsters hurled Chicago "pineapples." The Chicago press hurled its disgust in a manner suitable to mass circulations...
...years between now and his accession to the throne, he studiously widens the range of his interests and information, and deliberately scans his empire for creative brains-brains in out-of-the-way places, brains on the make-he could bring together a sort of spiritual squadron that could produce an incredible advance in the intellectual, literary, artistic, scientific, and inventive life of his people...