Word: tush
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...Cabinet. Mild, bespectacled Colonel Gueorguieff and his Zveno friends did not like politicians. Loyal to popular, brave King Boris, they told him some time ago that they wanted to take the Government away from Premier Nicholas Mushanoff. Trying to be neutral toward the politics of his country, Boris tush-tushed them...
...reason for these omissions appeared when, as a native Kansan, Vice President Curtis declared himself Dry. Said he: "I am a strong believer in the rule of the majority but I am opposed to the return of the saloon and the repeal of the 18th Amendment." Wet Republican editors tush-tushed the vice-presidential nominee for failing to stand by President Hoover's State option formula. Gleefully exclaimed Democratic Chairman Farley: "It looks as if the Republican ticket had a half-dry head and a dried-out tail...
...Governor had to decide whether or not to remove the Tammany Mayor from office for malfeasance and nonfeasance. He fumed & fumed because Counsel Seabury had released his charges to the Press. He inspired, through an anonymous spokesman, insinuations against the investigator's motives which set Manhattan editors tush-tushing. Though he declared he "resented" any speculation as to the part national politics would play in his decision in the Walker case, the fact that it would play a big part was plain...
...London the bill was called a "comic opera measure" and editors tush-tushed popular fears about the dollar. Nevertheless Ambassador Mellon found it expedient to make a little speech reassuring Britain on U. S. finance...
...concede to be the most gifted handicappers in the world, were present at this aquatie duel, he would have seen in all its broadcast evil and unfairness the severity of his own law. As it is, he may read about it in the papers to dismiss it with a tush...