Word: sure
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...highly spiced article of sure-fire appeal to a public which wants its college atmosphere belching fire and brimstone," say the Crimson editorial columns. Quite right; but Mr. Roberts' genial resume of Harvard life can hardly be at the same time "a shower of garbage loosed upon innocent victims." Nor is it exactly "lurid," nor yet a "diabolically clever masterpiece of caricature...
...Roberts is not a master of vituperation; he is certainly no artist at caricature. He is merely a good reporter with a sure nose for what will amuse the Saturday Post reading public, and a genius for writing syncopated prose what catches their attention...
Opened importantly last week the spring and summer salons of many a great Parisian couturier. Since these are no vulgar "fashion shows" a discreet preview was permitted only to authentic amateurs and smartest clients. Soon the elect observed a series of Parisian points sure to mark the orbit of La Mode...
...statement. The men would do anything for the Captain, and the Captain would do anything for the men, and the men would do anything for the men, and the Captain would do anything for the Captain. There, that about cleans that up! And what a relief, you may be sure...
...freaks, and many a Bearded Lady and Human Skeleton vacationed during the winter in elegant quarters on the Millers' luxurious ranch at Marland, Okla. But it was essentially a Wild West Show, with buffaloes and cattle, cow-men and cowgirls, pistols and scalping knives, and the sure-fire big scene of the Attack on the Stage Coach, with round-eyed, heart-pounding spectators writhing on the edges of pine-board seats...