Word: whit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since the alacrity of Mayor Walker's political opponents to pooh-pooh the idea of their being connected with such underhanded operations as wire-tapping was matched only by the promptness with which the Mayor himself assured the public he cared not a whit if they did listen, one must conclude that some motive lying deeper than matters of state actuated the recent listening in on the Mayor's telephones...
...music for the dance will be supplied by an orchestra made up of leading musicians picked from various Boston orchestras by Howard Whit more '29. Boxes and tables will be placed in the Delta, and will be furnished and decorated by the Committee. The larger boxes, holding from 12 to 16 occupants, will be near the Hall, while the smaller ones, holding from six to eight, will be situated in the middle of the Delta. Two of the boxes and six of the tables will be reserved for the patronesses, whose names are to be announced later...
...Navy Department argument has been like that of a fire-chief who insists upon having for his men hose-nozzles and helmets no whit inferior to those considered necessary by the experienced chief of a neighboring town. Professional reputations are at stake as well as national safety. The Navy Department, and its "second to none" statement, were rather the agents than the reagents of the Coolidge speech. The common object was to put momentum behind the Department's cruiser-building bill (15 cruisers, 1 aircraft carrier) which got delayed in the last session of Congress and which...
...styles for fat women, and he learned about women-fat women -from umbrellas. He used to be an apprentice to an umbrella manufacturer, and he studied the lines and curves and ribs. He also turned around to look at women on the boulevards. In this he differed not a whit from other Parisian gentlemen, but he took notes. He then made sketches and sold them to dressmakers. Finally, the owner of a dress establishment gave him a job in return for a dog that M Poiret's father gave to the dress-place proprietor...
...Edwin Carewe, abetted by Count Ilya Tolstoy, the tale of nice and unnice love, betrayal and soul-redemption is spun deftly and irresistibly to its logical close. Suave Rod La Roque is splendidly convincing as the idyllic, villainous and ultimately penitent Prince Dmitri. Dolores Del Rio is no whit less splendid as the luckless Katusha Maslova...