Word: stingings
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...hobbles into the House of Commons. Doorkeepers pity his crippled body, and portals open as the tapping thump of his two rubber-tipped canes approaches. But statesmen do not pity the Right Honorable Philip Snowden. They respect the power and swiftness of his mind, fear the sting of his unpleasant, rasping tongue. He, as Britain's only Laborite Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented a maiden budget (TIME, May 12, 1924), so clear and masterful that cheers rang from every quarter of the House. Now, since Labor has gone out and Conservatism come in,- Philip Snowden has rasped and torn...
...these people and their plight - perhaps in a meadow like the dewy one in their book Knee-High to aGrasshopper - and been consumed by that uncomfortable emotion which is a mixture of furious exasperation and profound pity. They must have compacted to make a united effort some day to sting, poke, wheedle, pat and charm all such people out of their bungalow souls into the big bright mansions of life and the world...
Case Sirs: In your article on IMMIGRATION, TIME, Nov. 8, you did Secretary Davis and the Department of Labor a serious injustice in relation to the case of Anna Komarmicka. I felt there must be some explanation which you did not have that would take the sting out of the article. I wrote to Secretary Davis, and herewith hand you his statement concerning the matter, which is most satisfactory and very creditable to the Department and to Secretary Davis. I feel sure you will make the necessary correction when you have all the facts before you. J. W. LEECH Leech...
...these things from force of habit; he has long been famed in the ring for his sharp practices, as also for his tireless pursuit of a match with Dempsey. But old black Wills will pursue no more heavyweight champions; he was tired; even his foulest punches had no sting. In the 13th round, after ten warnings the referee disqualified him for fouling...
...liquors, or any Composition made therewith, were not considered as noxious in the possession of the tutors as in that of the undergraduates. And one cannot help wondering what are the wiles of "plumb cake" or meats or pies. Apparently this law like many little annoying things, carried its sting in its tail...