Word: yokel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Premier. There follows an outline of the life history of a man who, once a country yokel, has risen to be Prime Minister of Britain. Born in the village of Lossiemouth in 1866; under the influence of village school teacher renounced manual labor and became a student; at 19 years of age went to London, worked in daytime, studied in evenings, health gave way; after long illness became secretary to Thomas Lough, Liberal; in 1894 became a Laborite; stood for election in 1895 and 1900 but was defeated both times; in 1906 he won a seat in Leicester which...
...point of fact the yearning yokel has run the engine of his one-track mind into a blind switch. Managers do read plays. That is to say, managers see to it that plays are read. In the larger offices individuals are employed for that express purpose. They read four to six plays a day. With a shudder they send the ninety and nine incredibly bad plays whence they came. The best they place in analyzed detail on the manager's desk...