Word: albeit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ambush-a lethal chamber. He smashed the single lamp, deluded his captors by leaving his glowing cigar on a window ledge, escaped with the frightened maiden. When he had later trapped the diabolical Professor with more such nonchalant magic, it appeared that Sherlock would marry the girli, albeit he was a poor insurance risk, sustained in the approved fin de siècle manner by tobacco and the hypodermic needle...
...their power at the nominating convention of 1932 may be as great as ever. But the Hoover heart beats in sincere, if muffled, sympathy with Southern white men. His instinct is to heed their wishes. He knows the sting of the "nigger lover" cry, which was raised bitterly albeit futilely against him in the campaign. In his Elizabethton, Tenn., speech, he said, by way of promise: "I believe . . . that appointive offices must be filled by those who deserve the confidence and respect of the communities they serve...
...good town for a breakfast-food factory. No remittance-man he; his accent was not that of an Englishman, but of a U. S. Southerner. His appearance was not that of an Englishman come to make good in the Dominion, but of a U. S. business man, albeit he was less jovial, perhaps a little harder than most U. S. citizens. As suddenly as they had begun, the man's wanderings ceased. The police had some questions to ask him. The most important question was, "Are you Clinton S. Carnes?" When the man said he was Clinton S. Carnes...
...Phelps is put first because he is a New York Assemblyman and thereby the political senior of Mrs. Pratt, who is only a New York City Alderman (albeit the first New York woman alderman in history). He is also put first because he drew top place on the ballot, after performing a "luck rite." Just before the drawing, he rushed out of the Board of Elections office and touched a Negro on the shoulder...
...square jawed hero, for example, is a lightweight instead of the usual heavyweight. He is not a facsimile of Benny Leonard, Sammy Mandell or any other celebrity. He is simply Bobby Murray, a type instead of a borrowed headline. Actor Richard Taber makes the part into a distinct, albeit dull personality. Actor John Meehan does even better, much better, as Peter Murray, iron-grey manager-father...