Word: words
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Robert Abel, English valet, last week set out for the Mardi Gras at New Orleans. The theory: the Midwest may think what it has a mind to about Tammany Hall, but what the South thinks of Tammany is important. At Baltimore, Tammany's dandy lived up to his word that he had "nothing to sell" by not once mentioning Candidate Smith's name...
...will not mind if National Democratic Chair-man Clem L. Shaver should be ousted and replaced by Mayor Frank Hague of Jer sey City; hoping people noticed, last week, that John William Davis said: "Al Smith ... is highly acceptable to me;" hoping that it was wise to have let word go out, and it did go last week, that Candidate Smith will withdraw from the convention if not nominated by the tenth ballot; hoping that his refusal to fly with Col. Lindbergh ("No flying for me," he said) would not make him less popular...
...Georgia is proud of Governor Osborn, not merely because he is a citizen but because he is such a loyal and devoted one. His description of a sunset in south Georgia is one of the most beautiful pieces of word-painting that ever flowed from the pen of any writer. His new book-the last of a long series of serious discussions -will find a hearty welcome in this state and throughout the south...
...Hamlet," continued Dr. Setala, "may have been a Danish, Icelandic, Swedish or Finnish prince. It is impossible to decide. In Icelandic folklore we find the Hamlet myth related of Prince Amlodi, a word-name meaning 'off his head' or 'silly...
Sometimes human beings do things that are too much for even the most indurate newsgatherers of the daily press to contemplate without shuddering. But newsgatherers must tell all. The more terrible the scene, the faster news of it will travel, if not by direct word then by dark references, glances over shoulders, ominous silences. It is a newsgatherer's duty to make his report before hints and half-facts have gained currency, letting his editor decide whether the report should ever be made public...