Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...believe that I express the opinion of many of those active in the world of sports when I say that President Roosevelt has established a claim to our support. Now that his splendid courage and remarkable vision have started the country well on its way to better times, these men and women will be only too eager to get out and work for his election. Baseball, tennis, racing, boxing and all other sports are again drawing record crowds and Roosevelt is the answer." Thus last week did onetime fisticuffer William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey, who thinks it is funny to burn...
Your article on "CoOps" [TIME, July 13] ... is a splendid example of able and accurate reporting as well as showing quite an able understanding of what it is all about...
...just received my quota of Bonus Bonds. I was rather surprised to notice Andrew Jackson's picture used on these bonds. I presume the Treasury Department has some system of determining just whose picture is placed on different series of bonds, but didn't they overlook a splendid opportunity of showing Wartime President Wilson's likeness on these Adjusted Service Bonds? It seems to me that sentiment alone would have dictated the use of his picture -and also, wasn't he a Democrat...
...James, sedate Robert Worth Bingham, fresh from a hearty "Bon voyage!" wished him by King Edward VIII amid the pomp and gold and scarlet of the second levee of His Majesty's reign at St. James's Palace day before the Queen Mary Ambassador sailed. "A splendid ship!" glowed Ambassador Bingham. "She vibrates somewhat, as all fast ships must, but the Queen Mary is splendid...
Almost religious was the mood in which millions of Britons had said good-by to the namesake of splendid Queen Empress Mary. On sailing day, agony columns of London newspapers carried such items as these : "R. m. s. QUEEN MARY - Veteran voyage (first crossed in M. 70's) Godspeed. MAY ALL THE VERY BEST CONDITIONS ATTEND YOU RIGHT THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER. May all your ways be pleasant ways. And all your paths be peace. And may He be with you every step...