Word: welled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...moved to do so, there was a duty which imposed itself upon Levy. Trained lawyer that he is, and possessing an experience gained in more than 30 years of practice, he should have appreciated instantly that his dealings with Manton had been such that . . . they might well be calculated to warp or bias Manton's judgment. . . . Had Manton's colleagues upon the court been advised of the connection existing between him and Levy, it is unthinkable that either of them would have sat with Manton upon the appeals...
...reporters wrote of romance, the conflict of generations, elopement. It was Romeo and Juliet, it was Our Town laid in the big city, it was as sentimental as Barrie, it was young love blossoming among the nightclubs. True, Mr. Lowther was getting pretty well along in years to be called, as his lawyer called him, "the kid." True, Eileen and George had been photographed together in nightclubs, and had been seen together for some time, nor was the illusion aided when the Hat Style News Bureau released a picture showing Mr. Lowther modeling one of John-Frederics' new creations...
...Well, he has taken her to a beach club. ... It is a place where kept women go. There are no respectable girls down there. . . . Then, we had another little unfortunate incident. Would you like to hear...
Next campaign step was to un-prettify handsome, snow-crested Mr. McNutt. Mr. McHale ordered new pictures-stern-visaged photos to de-emphasize the platinum hair, the toothpaste smile. With the rest of his candidate's person Mr. McHale was well enough satisfied, and Paul McNutt continued to go about with baggy, overlong pants draping his slightly bowed legs, unshined shoes on his slightly pigeon-toed feet-an appearance politically pleasing to an electorate which traditionally distrusts the too-snappy dresser...
...long war is now acting as a brake on our overseas expenditure, where such expenditure involves the purchase of currencies standing at a premium to sterling; though from every point of view our economic position is far stronger today than it was in 1914. This applies to France as well...