Word: balme
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Manuel Herrick, whilom Congressman from Oklahoma: "Jilted by Miss Ethelyn Chrane, I demanded $50,000 heart balm. In answering this suit Miss Chrane told the Court I had proposed to marry her secretly and later sell the ' scoop' to newspapers. She said that after she promised to marry me my personality and habits became exceedingly distasteful, and eventually so obnoxious that I was unendurable...
...breakfast table reader who is always claiming that "they don't give you your money's worth these days", at last may find balm in Gilead. A penny weekly is published in England with the title alone of THE FARHAM. HASLEMERE AND HINDHEAD HERALD, ALTON MAIL, BORDON AND LONGMOOR JOURNAL, LIPHOOK AND LISS NEWS AND NORTH SUSSEX ADVERTISER...
...September primaries, it was planned to make Massachusetts a fall stamping-ground for the Democratic high-lights. "Pat" Harrison, the spell-binder from Mississippi, was coming and other notables. They wanted to defeat Senator Lodge and taste the sweets of revenge, and they wanted to give ex-President Wilson balm for his suffering. But, instead of a Wilson supporter, Colonel Gaston was nominated; the Democrats abandoned their pa and along with them thoughts...
...balm of springtime fills...
...mortal offense to refuse to drink drink when asked, no matter how often the invitation came. Refusal was promptly followed by a challenge to fight a duel. The story is told of one pugnacious student, who, being something of a duelist, and being well filled with the balm of German student life, jumped upon a long table one night at drinking bout, and walked the whole length of the table, kicking the mugs and pitchers right and left. As a result he had fourteen duels on his hands, which was considered a very fair record, even for a university student...