Word: talked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...clam can talk and work at the same time. If the clams had spent the night in 'shelling out' open-mouthed oratory, they never would have caught the mice...
...very sociable luncheon party. President Coolidge joked and laughed. I never found Mr. Coolidge a particularly quiet man. I have always found him a real, honest-to-goodness fellow. The luncheon on Tuesday was a very pleasant affair. The conversation was largely about mutual friends. He talked with me as with an old friend. The President did not talk politics at all. The President appeared to be very well. Mrs. Coolidge looked first rate. She was a charming woman, as she always was. The fact is that neither of them have changed, in my opinion...
Cried David Lloyd George (Liberal) bristling wittily at Chancellor Churchill: "Talk about robbing Peter to pay Paul! . . . He [Churchill] is robbing the whole twelve Apostles in order to endow Paul. . . . Any such program would constitute an indirect subsidy for the property owning classes [i.e. for the owners of farmlands and producer goods]. . . . The whole proposal is thoroughly vicious...
What the Parents' Exposition lacked was an adequate demonstration of methods actually practiced by conscientious modern mothers. The nearest approach to this was a Co-operative Consultation booth, where parents were urged by a sign to "Come in and talk it over." Individual problems were discussed and sound advice given. But, for conciseness, nothing at the exposition equalled the remark which one charming modern mother made as she was leaving the Grand Central Palace: "What do I do with my little boy? Practically nothing. I read to him and he reads to me. I play games with him. When...
Edgar Albert Guest, perhaps the only U. S. poet whose verses have earned him fortune, gave a talk to 800 Royal Oak (Mich.) high-school students. The occasion was advertised as a "pep" meeting, to encourage the school debating team in its efforts to win the state championship. Poet Guest smiled at the students and spoke to them for more than 35 minutes...