Word: extraction
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That unsavory gentleman, irate because his daughter has eloped with a youth of an opposing race, frantic because he could not extract the pound of flesh which was the price of his loans to one Bassanio, is not one for starched shirts and diamond dignity. The demeanor of flawless respectability which has so often served able Actor Arliss well now plays him false. He finds it difficult to add writhing to his words as they eject ". . . and spit upon my Jewish gaberdine." He finds it difficult to scream "My daughter, my ducat...
...following extract is taken from the diary of Sir James Owen of Exeter, England, publisher of the Devonshire Express and Echo, who with Lady Owen toured the United States and Canada last year. The extract is reprinted from the columns of the Boston Evening Transcript...
...Senator's vast sheep interests in Wyoming." I feel sure that the designation was conferred on the venerable Senator from Wyoming by Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa, on June 8, 1909, during the historic debate on Schedule K (the wool tariff) in the Senate, from which this extract is taken...
...cheap receiving set squeal by moving his hand about the unprotected parts and thus altering the electrical tension of the whole set, just so Professor Theremin altered the electro tension of the electro-magnet fields within his box. The precision with which he built his contrivance permitted him to extract, not amateur squeals, but harmonious musical sounds. (Gestures with his left hand about the horizontal ring were the equivalent of turning the amplifying knob of a receiving...
When a person has something to say, the bespectacled scribe can generally be relied upon to extract the important features of the matter. Perhaps it is his glasses, or his ingratiating air, or his professed fondness for aesthetics, which gives him the faculty of getting statements on vital issues where others have failed lamentably. With a minimum of apparent effort, he covers as much ground as any of his fellow football recorders...