Word: squatness
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...Inside Story of the Paris Divorce Mill, by one Frazier Hunt, is the leading article in the current Hearst's International. In it, the author tells how "a squat fat French legal man, the sign on whose door read: "Divorce Judgments in 1½ Months," promised him for two thousand francs ($100) a divorce in from four to six weeks "if his wife made no fuss." When Mr. Hunt stated that his wife was in the U. S., the lawyer replied: "As far as your wife is concerned, we will simply get her a fake certificate of domicile...
...second half went differently. There were new figures in the Trojan backfield -Le Febvre, squat and square; Newman, a Red Indian called "Chief." Now one, now the other of these two, shot into the scrimmage or off around an end. They scored a touchdown, two touchdowns; and a "1 minute later "Chief" Newman, doubling back deceptively, launched a long, high pass to Phythian, substitute Trojan end, who stumbled over for a third score as he caught the ball...
...Fevre, squat and square...
...squat, fat French legal...
...Chicago Opera Company, she made her first U. S. appearance a month ago, critics regarded her interestedly. As Lucia di Lammermoor, ever-distressed lady who goes mad in her attempt to sound like a flute, Mme. Dal Monte cadenzaed, bravuraed, languished, trilled, palpitated. Her hands were expressive, her figure squat, her voice limpid. Loud, long was the applause. "Cordial," the critics termed it, reserving their other adjective, "unprecedented," for dead debuts, for debuts to come...