Word: yielding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Finally Dr. Bach broke the deadlock by appearing to yield. He would order the golden marks paid, if Herr Langkopf would accompany him to the Cashier's office. As they rose, the nervous finger of Herr Langkopf accidentally depressed the detonator, but all that ensued was a slight "ping." Dr. Bach, seeing his chance, dashed for his life. Distracted Heinrich Langkopf drew a revolver and fired into the bomb which still failed to explode. An instant later strong hands collared...
...that is corrupt, where vice abounds unchecked by conniving officialdom and the people are at the mercies of bombs and poisonous liquors. So the churchmen gather to pray that the growing pains of the turbulent city may be abated and that the ballot box may no longer yield a forced crop of magistrates. But yesterday's declaration of faith seems hardly the means by which to procure the metamorphosis at a time when gangsters scoff at the impotence of the righteous and a strong, materialistic hand is needed, rather than an aesthetic gesture, to raise the level of Chicago affairs...
...realizing how much more importance is usually attached to injured dignity than to actual harm, is wise enough to sooth the cries from the Southward. But in the meantime Americans will doubtless continue to call themselves Americans, and Mr. Mencken's favorite column-heading need not for a while yield to a less euphonious name...
...yield to none in the establishment of the ideal of sovereignty and independence for each one of the republics, from the greatest to the smallest...
...subscriptions and advertisements must be profitable. The nickel paid for a copy of the Saturday Evening Post does not pay for the cost of paper alone. But the $8,000 that the magazine charges for a full-page advertisement in black and the $11,500 for four-color pages yield profits which financiers are beginning to exploit. Each reader may be a prospect for the sale of such securities, just as almost every user of electricity in the U. S. has been offered investments in his "home" public utility...