Word: true
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...True to the ritual of the modern detective story, which holds that the sleuth must deprecate his most brilliant exploits upon solving the case, Detective Lippmann figuratively yawned: "It will be a dreary morning after, when at last he announces that he is not a candidate...
...reporters wrote of romance, the conflict of generations, elopement. It was Romeo and Juliet, it was Our Town laid in the big city, it was as sentimental as Barrie, it was young love blossoming among the nightclubs. True, Mr. Lowther was getting pretty well along in years to be called, as his lawyer called him, "the kid." True, Eileen and George had been photographed together in nightclubs, and had been seen together for some time, nor was the illusion aided when the Hat Style News Bureau released a picture showing Mr. Lowther modeling one of John-Frederics' new creations...
...true," continued George's lawyer, "you have discussed marriage together...
...case drew to a close, Sir William Jowitt, ace lawyer for Lord Rothermere, summed up by observing that not only was the Princess' story that she had been promised $20,000 yearly for life untrue, "but if it were true it could only be true on the basis that this lady was flirting with blackmail...
...Harvard and Yale men will know better. They will understand that these two great liberal universities are really sisters under the skin. Squabbles like the Browder affair may come a dime a dozen, but they will never really loosen John's and the Bulldog's tenacious grip upon true intellectual freedom. Etiquette may change, but Harvard and Yale will always mind their manners when free speech is vitally concerned...