Word: wonders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wonder people take to drugs...
...often been a matter of mild wonder to the Vagabond to see the amount of effort which is expended upon the modern art of advertizing. From the paintings which illustrate Parfume "Chant d' Oiseau" or "Flame de Gloire" --a glossary of French for the advertisement reader has recently been compiled--"Bodies by Fisher" and "Boneless Codfish", to the circulars urging college men "to look their prettiest on that important occasion" an unbelievable amount of effort is expended upon luring the unsuspecting purchaser...
...less innocently Uldine's freeborn glance confessed wonder when she thought of that other day when Dr. Straton introduced her from his already surfeited pulpit as "a sunny-hearted child, apointed with God's oil. . . ." Mrs. Straton claimed she had been suffering with a severe pain in the side, but that it had been relieved promptly by Uldine's prayers...
Coady Makes Wonder Save...
...people know all Ten Commandments. Last year Associate Professor Walter B. Pitkin of Columbia, in serious wonder, tested out 14 college professors, 18 newsgatherers, 10 writers, and 6 businessmen. Only one - Professor William P. Montague of Columbia - knew all (TIME, April...