Word: devotedness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"The first week after a national convention," said the New York Times after the Houston convention, "is always devoted to the noble political art of climbing aboard. There ought to be a rule against looking when the ungraceful act is performed."
"There is really nothing for me to say," said the mimeograph. "My trip from Albany was very enjoyable. . . . True Southern hospitality. ... I am not a politician. I have devoted my entire life to my home and family. ... I will return home as soon as the convention adjourns."
The discoverer of a new dish is worthier of esteem than the discoverer of a new star. -Brillat Savarin. To the triumphs of French cuisine was added officially, last week, a discovery called L'Intrasauce. The beaming discoverer, Monsieur le Docteur Gauducheau was clapped, cheered and feted, at Paris...
Because the great Leon Trotsky, creator of the Soviet Red Army, has dared to oppose Dictator Josef Stalin, he is now in remote exile on the border of Chinese Turkestan (TIME, Jan. 30). Exiled at the same time were 50 oppositionists, 38 of whom at once recanted and protested their...
¶. Hearst, 40 in 1903, is described "as a young dilettante whose whole time and attention was devoted to making more joyous the days of his lady fair. Hearst and Millicent Willson were like a couple of children in their love making." They were married on April 28 of that...