Word: sureness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...about not heeding the voice of the mob," said State's Attorney Crowe. "Well, they haven't heard the cry of the mob yet, because they have been well protected. But if they don't get what they deserve in this trial, I am not so sure they won't hear the cry of the mob!" Judge Caverly ordered this statement stricken from the record, "as being a cowardly and dastardly assault upon the integrity of this court...
...much noise, he suddenly paused, looked up and said in his very broad Scotch: 'Yer Majesty will be pleased to hear that I hae given up brandy and sodas!' 'I'm glad to hear it, Lord Fife,' said the Queen. 'I'm sure you'll be better for it.' 'Thank you, ma'am, I think I shall; and besides I find Scotch whiskey and seltzer an excellent substitute...
...Significance. For its acute penetration of the French and English tempers, its rich, complete personalities, its sure, translucent substantiation of subtle motives, its warm humanity, its rare good taste and rarer good humor, this is as fine a book as one might ask for. The dignity of mind and manner are those of a gentlewoman; the cool, easy prose and the bookmanship are those of a gentlewoman of letters...
Although fair in its news, the Times is yet editorially a partisan-not a narrow partisan, to be sure, but one that is forthright and firm in its faith. Editorially, the Times is as strong a pro-Davis paper as there is in the country. The record of its pro-Davis activities does not begin with the present campaign-it began long...
...Lieut. Locatelli, exploring northern airways for the Italian Government (TIME, Aug. 25), who had preceded the U. S. couple out of Reykjavik by a few minutes, did not turn up in Ivigtut that night. The Americans had last seen him as they neared the Greenland fog banks and felt sure he had not overshot his mark. Searchers from Ivigtut cruised the perilous icebound coast to eastward, Esquimaux trotted along the shore, looking, looking. Late Sunday night, 125 miles from shore, floating helplessly with a dead motor, Locatelli and his companions were sighted amid the waves by the U. S. cruiser...