Word: dumbness
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...Manhattan, Professor-Critic Brander Matthews of Columbia University, aged 75, for 25 years an apostle of correct speech, was stricken dumb by thrombosis (bloodclot) on his brain...
...month-old pup bit Mrs. Freedel and her daughter Miss Anna Freedel; also their neighbors, Mrs. Rebecca Labowitz and Mr. Charles Rice. That made Mrs. Freedel think the young dog was sick. So she took it to the Animal Rescue League, whose veterinarians diagnosed the ailment as dumb rabies, the variety in which the sick beast remains quiet and sullen until an overcurious human pokes at it. This dog died; the four rabies victims are receiving Pasteur treatment, and Pittsburgh has a "mad dog" scare...
Tommy. Playwrights Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson have hit upon an intriguing situation: a boy in love with a girl, the girl in love with him, the wedding bells dumb because the girl's parents also favor the match. Once the hero succeeds in irritating the parents into objecting, the heroine's vast desire for a gesture of romantic rebellion is gratified and the wedding accomplished. What the playwrights have done with this tempting situation is, first, to build up an impressive number of ingenious but superficial complications, explaining each little complication as it approaches, when it arrives...
...myself," said Miss Bainter, when questioned regarding her own favorite type--of play, "I like joyous, dumb things, you know. I haven't decided whether I will be a great emotional actress or not. There is a great deal of satisfaction to be derived from the healthy laughter of an audience...
...brides put their first biscuits together we sure could build some fine roads." "America's chewing gum bill in the past year amounted to over $9,000,000, exclusive of the cost of gasoline necessary to remove it from trousers." "A Dumb Dora from South Hoboken wants to know if a man who plays the piano by ear is an acrobat."-ED. "No Predicament...