Word: suspicions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...called because in his forgeries he always chose a name containing the letter K, ended up in Hollywood with a contract in the movies. Nobody seemed to know who he was and all through the play suspicion veered among the occupants of a Hollywood lunchroom. When suspicion was not veering, gags appeared; these were somewhat amusing...
...each other one day last week. "Did you hear what happened last night?" they asked each other. Some person or persons-the police could not say who-had set a bomb on the basement steps of the church. It went off, ripped the basement steps, shattered windows, scattered suspicion...
...large feet, round shoulders. His friends suspected a Klannish plot, or strong-arm work by the American Legion, which had warned him not to visit Phoenix. William O'Brien, candidate of the Workers' (Communist) Party for Governor of Arizona, began searching small-town jails through the Southwest. Suspicion pointed to El Paso, in the western corner of Texas, then to Nogales, on the Arizona-Mexico Border. Attorney-General Sargent and Governor Hunt of Arizona were both notified they would be held responsible for the Nominee's safety. There were two days of minor furore in minor circles...
...folly and danger of such a reversion to pre-war distrust need no elaboration. Even if, however, the peril to friendly understanding between two powerful nations latent in this attitude of suspicion be over-looked, it must yet be regretted that the Transcript chose to strike so discordant a note in a day of general welcome and rejoicing...
Coming with a score of Cadillacs and a minimum of gestures the Republican standard bearer was met with a legally convictable crime against his name. The blame cannot fall upon the powerful local club that believes in prosperity. Rather does suspicion lie in other quarters. A student may, if he likes, believe in the "intentions" of Smith or the "Bolshevism" of Thomas, but such malefactions as this are hardly salve to the reputation of either aspirant...