Word: wet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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William G. McAdoo chose for his nominator former Senator James D. Phelan of California. The significance of the choice was interpreted as: 1) a bid for wet support, since Mr. Phelan, when in Congress, was an advocate of light wines and beers; 2) a bid for anti-Ku Klux Klan support, since Mr. Phelan is a Catholic...
This spring the cold, wet weather has played havoc with many different lines of business. Would-be purveyors of Spring garments have had to swallow a bitter pill. Buyers of automobiles and automobile accessories have held back. The consumption of gasoline has been adversely affected. The latest victim of the wintry Spring has been the sugar trade. The producers of sugar have held large amounts of raw sugar in hopes of high prices, while merchants and refiners have held back in expectation of a drop in prices. The cold weather has perceptibly decreased the normal consumption of sugar...
...second of the White House Garden parties was held on the East and West terraces; because of wet grounds, refreshments were served within on the state dining table. Mrs. Coolidge received alone because of the President's cold. From press descriptions it seemed that she wore the same gown as at the first reception a week earlier. But that was doubtless an error...
...process, in brief, is as follows: The photographic film (it can be used wet, direct from the developing bath) is held taut and curved in the form of a cylinder, like an old-fashioned phonograph record. Light, from an ordinary automobile lamp, is passed through a lens and concentrated in a small spot at one corner of the film. At the receiving station a blank film is formed into a similar cylinder. By a device known as a synchronizer, the cylinders at both ends are started simultaneously and turned at the same rate of speed. The light beam travels...
Unfortunately, the Western critics have chosen their arguments neither wisely nor well. To urge that "wet" jokes stand in the way of creating respect for all laws and especially obedience to the Volstead Act is not in the least convincing to those people who doubt the value of law in general and prohibition statutes in particular; yet it is this class that must be persuaded to discard "wet" humor. The only needed reason for discarding the prohibition joke is obviously that it is no longer funny. While the real arguments may not have been stated it is, nevertheless, surprising that...