Word: sweets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...benches. There, straight and prim as a Quaker, sat his pretty mother. Last July she had followed her husband back from their European exile, travelling tourist class on the Majestic, announcing that she had come to stand by him. In Chicago she had abashed vociferous newshawks by gravely quoting : "Sweet are the uses of adversity...
Backed by Eugene Meyer, Republican ex-governor of the Federal Reserve Board, and by Democratic ex-governor William E. Sweet of Colorado, a National Institution of Public Affairs will pick students this fall from colleges and universities all over the country and take them to Washington for two months' "internship" in 1935. Non-partisan, privately financed, and self-governing, the Institution will have the cooperation of the federal government for its course in practical government. Conferences with high officials and tutorial study groups for individual contacts will from the preparation for a thesis every student will write on a particular...
...team tightened up, and from that time on it was rough going for the Jayvees. For the Varsity held Jimmy Knex's boys for downs and got the ball again on their own 40. They drove through to a first down on the 50, Don Jackson turned in a sweet little sprint to the Jayvees' 18, and Tommy Bilodeau added three more spaces. Chet Litman did what was needed for the rest of the distance and the initial score...
Last week, twelve years after being Sheriff, it was inevitably Sir Stephen's turn to be elected Lord Mayor of the City of London. "The City's" gloomy Guildhall was strewn with sweet herbs for the occasion. The Aldermen staggered under the tricornered hats and massive gold & black robes of their nominal office as Liverymen of the ancient London trade guilds. Each carried a nosegay. Trumpets blew. The Liverymen shouted their oft-rehearsed parts. Aldermen who had already been Lord Mayor were told to leave the Common Hall. Then the remaining members of the Grocers. Fishmongers, Butchers, Bakers...
...comely hostess, soft lights, and sweet music, and a cuisine superior to any in the Square will tempt after-the-game diners. A complete line of liquors served by a bartender well versed in the art will please the most fastidious imbibers...