Word: uttered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bergerac. "A great nose," the clown trumpeted through his own, "indicates a great Senate. . . . This convexity, this pimple of curiosity, this wart of circumspection, is indeed worthy of jest. I say these things about the Senate's nose lightly enough myself, but I shall allow none other to utter them...
...University of the Air is not, contrary to cynics, an utter impossibility. Providing that the ceremony of matriculation and graduation forms no part in the course, there is no reason why the public should not take advantage of the proposition...
From the mass of testimony, some bits which stand out in retrospect are: Mr. Ford. "Mr. Ford is the strangest, most perplexing combination. Take his book on Henry Ford-one chapter reveals uncanny judgment, and the next is composed of the most utter rot. He was the company's greatest asset and also the greatest risk. He insisted on policies that were untried and which were against the consolidated judgment of other men in the automobile industry. Now that he has been so successful we can see that his judgment was sound. There was the question of the life...
...Section 29, sonorously eloquent, affirms that no power of censorship is granted to interfere with the right of free speech. BUT "no person within the jurisdiction of the United States shall utter any obscene, indecent or profane language" by radio. This would technically bar most Manhattan plays and many an opera...
...taken apart in a twinkle so that the eager child may begin again. His whole consciousness has been colored by these toys, and with painstaking care he puts together arbitrarily Jig-sawed pieces of cardboard until finally the completed puzzle with all its pieces showing stands out in its utter unreality...