Word: words
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...venomously on the manner and culture of the other, the fight will not be friendly. The literary world can settle back with a good cigar to enjoy a mental boxing bout between two men not ill matched. The Atlantic ocean is no bar to the acidity of the printed word...
Suddenly, a fortnight ago, the word "aluminum" burst into the headlines. The New York World was the first to put it there, whether simply as a brilliant idea or because it had advance knowledge that the word would soon get there. It was not scientific interest in the light and very useful metal which elevated it to the headlines; it was its connection with the name of Mellon, for the Mellons, headed by Andrew W., Secretary of the Treasury, have long been the leading factors in the great Aluminum Co. of America, and posting aluminum in the headlines...
...enough of a grownup, well-bred man to carry through a gentleman's daily personal routine without a word of advice or suggestion or command from anybody...
...This New Latin word means an "establishment to educate people how to keep well." A "sanatorium" is an establishment for treating specific diseases or for applying particular remedies...
...grandstand for famed literary characters. But Miss Hull is well worth reading; she gives pleasure. She is precise without being precious or pompous; vivid without being vivacious?or "vital." She is one of the clear-headed people of this verbose world who know the force of the unspoken word...