Word: yorkerism
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...Woll" he said dreamily, "I call her Scummy and she calls me Louse, but we may not be married for a few years. --The New Yorker...
...Street Beach is near the centre of Chicago's exclusive Gold Coast, it draws from the slums west of State Street untidy hordes of hoi polloi such as swarm on the public beaches of all big cities. Chicagoans guffawed last week to read in the smart New Yorker this advice to visitors to the World's Fair: ". . . You can go swimming any day in the middle of Chicago at Oak Street beach and be in the best possible company.'' The smartchart had been hoaxed by Mrs. Henry ("Hetty") Field, socialite society reporter for Hearst...
Last week the New Yorker printed a cartoon of two coal miners looking up suddenly from their underground work and exclaiming: "For gosh sakes, here comes Mrs. Roosevelt...
...sufficiently interested in economics to investigate thoroughly the Russian five-year plan. He is a member of the Harvard Republican Club but voted for Roosevelt, after considering Thomas. His admiration for the President has grown, and he is gratified that he seeks advice from college professors. --The New Yorker...
...statistics he gathered from this table. The reason for the unpopularity of the cheaper magazines over the more expensive publications is only too apparent. We find our critic's conclusions amazing in the extreme. That they are surely false is proved by the popularity of periodicals like the "New Yorker," "Stage," and "Vanity Fair." Especially to be commended is the Freshman's preference of the "Yale Records" to the "Harvard Lampoon." We might also commend their pertinacity in resisting the wiles of the coy cowboy, who presumptiously attempts to arbitrate on their literary selection--a task hardly suitable...