Word: wifely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President's first worry was railroad accommodations; he wired ahead for three parlor car seats and was amazed to find a special train awaiting him. With him and his wife on that strained journey to the capital rode the Boston businessman named Stearns whose ancient dream of a Northampton mayor in the White House was coming true...
...Classic's wife and brothers owned Louisiana cane sugar mills. The sugar duty came before the Tariff Commission. Commissioner Glassie voted against reduction of the sugar rate, tied the Commission, blocked action, helped Calvin Coolidge out of a 1924 campaign hole. In the Senate he was denounced...
...good feeling, the fatherly New York Times published a report that the Hero's mother, Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh, returning from Turkey aboard the S. S. President Wilson, was to marry Capt. F. A. Anderson of that vessel. Soon it was discovered, however, that Capt. Anderson already possessed a wife of 39 years standing...
...Brothers Karamazov and An Enemy of the People. Russians think his greatest part is the name role in Hamlet. The Soviet Government bestowed on him the cherished title "People's Artist of the Republic." Actor Kochalov adds to his large income by giving recitals in Moscow. His wife, Madame Litovtseva, is an actress and producer of the Moscow Art Company. Their son, Vadim, has been in the U. S. this season with Balieff's Chauve Souris. Actor Kochalov speaks no English, eats piles of pirojek* and drinks vodka freely without any sacrifice of his robust, Slavic dignity...
...child in France. Then four university years at Lille and Paris, majoring in English and graduating with a B. A. English instructor at a Paris lycée or high school. Marriage. Instructor of Phonetics at the Sorbonne. Much poorly paid writing of text books in collaboration with his wife. War. Served all four years as interpreter to a British artillery regiment. Then the great, unexpected appointment as Chief Interpreter to the Paris Peace Conference, the chance of a lifetime which turned a brittle, impecunious professor into the confidant of the Big Three at their most secret and vital meetings...