Word: worded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When he came to Morris Ernst who is also counsel for the American Newspaper Guild, the Mayor in his peculiar idiom cried that Lawyer Ernst had "organized newspapermen into Communism." From a Guild reporter in the press section, clear and loud, came one word: "Nuts...
...word 'Jew' probably has not been used once during this trial," declared the court proudly. "Herr Bernstein did not stand in the dock as a Jew but simply as a businessman who had broken German...
...long house folds around the summit of one hill, its roof lines parallel to the line of ridges, its masonry the same red-yellow sandstone that crops out in ledges along the stream. Under snow the house melts easily into the landscape. Its name is Taliesin, a Welsh word meaning...
That alumni placement is primarily for the consideration of graduates and Seniors is a natural supposition. The very word "alumni" is misleading, and the annual invitation to seniors to register with the Alumni Placement Office is supporting evidence...
...word bluestocking, coined in 1790, is defined as "a woman with literary tastes or pretensions." As to bloomer (originally the name of a costume consisting of a short skirt and loose trousers gathered around the ankles, later becoming bloomers-), the dictionary says that Mrs. Amelia Bloomer gave it its name, but did not invent it. Explanation: "For some years she edited and published, at Seneca Falls, N. Y., a magazine called The Lily, in which (February, 1851) the new costume appears to have been first mentioned in print...