Word: applaudable
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...history of the Mississippi Valley has proved that the people who dwell here in the South and West have been true exponents of American greatness. They recognized that the destiny of this country lay in an expanding vision. To that view we owe the way of life we now applaud...
...constrained and formal. The crowd could let out a whoop when he began with a reference to the traditions of the acceptance speech: "I take pride in the traditions and not in change for the mere sake of overthrowing precedents." But how could it do more than dutifully applaud when he heavily promised a campaign on principles-"not on the basis of hate, jealousy, or personalities?" And Wendell Willkie seemed to have lost the buoyance that had marked his whole campaign and that had brought the thousands to Elwood...
...Hiss the Villain and Applaud the Hero" is the request of the management of the Forbes-Streett Theatre, which yesterday announced that it would celebrate a "Harvard Night" today by showing the melodrama "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room" at a reduced price...
...well know. Her changeableness, as exemplified in women's styles, is mighty exasperating, but she usually succeeds in catching the male eye. Of late, with the return of corsets that made the female figure recognizable from any angle, Spectator Man has found little to jeer at, much to applaud. But by last week, Fashion's winsome mood seemed to be changing again, and men were bracing themselves for the usual series of nasty little jolts...