Word: vente
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Straightway Londoners gave vent to their feelings through the national safety valve, "a letter to The Times." Roundly they berated the noted sculptor, C. S. Jagger, for having produced "a monument which will be interpreted as a glorification of war." Sir Ian Hamilton, onetime (1901-02) Chief-of-Staff to Lord Kitchener, spoke for many when he said, quoting the late Marquis Curzon: "To my mind, the ugliest thing in the world is a gun, with one exception only-the howitzer. The howitzer resembles a toad squatting and ready to spit fire out of its mouth. Nothing more hideous could...
...Joseph Caillaux for many years predicted, was almost the sole topic of conversation in the capital. It was, above all, considered extraordinary that he and Briand should be in the same Cabinet, for it was the latter who, in 1916, authorized the Italian Government to arrest Caillaux for giving vent to his Germanophile credo, thereby endangering France's alliances, or so it was said...
...north. Of the Arabs, who had stood quietly aloof during the whole visit, many regretted their stand, for they said they held the Earl in high regard and would have liked to extend their traditional courtesies. But, they pointed out, the only pacific means at their disposal for giving vent to their disapproval of British policy was to follow the course adopted in the hope of awakening sympathy for their cause...
Recently a young man in Portland, Oregon, under the impression that he too, could learn 'o play in thirty days, purchased what is called a cornet. Being more than commonly considerate, he took the instrument to a vacant lot, and there, behind sheltering bill boards, gave vent to his musical complex. Such was the reward of his virtue, however, that he was taken to the police station as a "suspicious person." The following morning a wise judge praised his thoughtfulness in not practicing where he would disturb the neighbors and sent him back...
...colleges represented were women's, giving the female element of the conference a decided majority. The combined aggregation of politicians was divided into three groups at the subsequent sessions, according to party affiliations. These three groups gave vent to their partisan feelings in outbursts of cheering and singing whenever their respective choices were mentioned, under the direction of an experienced Vassar cheer leader...