Word: stronger
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stronger Than Horseradish...
...pleased admirers of good taste (TIME, April 13). You say he is crippled. Yes, and no. German shells tore him to pieces and he has gone through probably more hospitals in search of benefits to his general health than any other man. Crippled? Yes, a little physically, but stronger than horseradish and more healthy than a Missouri mule when it comes to mentality...
...this association led to his becoming general counsel of Bank of Italy and in 1924 he was made president and chairman of that multi-branched institution. He has been twice decorated by the King of Italy for his work among Italian immigrants. He is a staunch advocate of bigger, stronger, fewer banks. At Los Gatos, Calif., he is president of a golf club, but never has swung a club himself. At home he raises berries and fruit. Mr. Bacigalupi's excitability and sense of humor were both illustrated a dozen years ago in Oroville, Calif. Insulted by a county attorney...
...scent of corruption growing stronger, the hounds of public conscience began to break loose with an increasing halloo. Church, Press and Business set up a tremendous hue & cry directed against the entire city adminis- tration, but particularly against its dapper little Mayor James John ("Jimmy") Walker. Public feeling, which had smiled tolerantly at his wisecracks and philandering, which had overlooked his do- nothing policy on the unified transit problem and Unemployment conference, now flared up at what appeared to be culpable laxity. The Society for the Prevention of Crime urged Governor Roosevelt to invoke a little-known section...
Goya lived in a revolutionary time, when Spain, under the rule of a weak monarch, Charles IV, was the prey of stronger countries. The revolutionary movement sweeping through his country influenced him to start an independent school. Resulting from this turning point are his series of the Disasters of War, Caprices, and Proverbs, all of which are well represented in the Fogg Museum display. Another series is that of the Bull-fight drawings, which show well his tendency towards movement rather than form. It is this character that shows him as the originator, along with his countryman, El Greco...