Word: formals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...right in the middle of the Somerset?....Morris dances?....charades?....did we really?....well this is absolutely the last time....where's the bromides?....I'm all of an aspen....the toots....the jitters....the screaming meemies....what do I seem to have on?....well this certainly adds the formal touch....white ties for breakfast....Beaunash please copy....why did we do it?....there really ought to be a law....oh, my head....who's this on the floor?....and who's this in the bathtub? and in the fireplace?....the day after Gettysburg....who got in a fight...
With these formal forecasts by rival party leaders, the 1930 Congressional campaign moved into its last hot week. Biggest issue: The Slump. Chief Democratic argument: "Hoover hard times." Republican argument: No economic recovery under Democratic rule. The election's magic number...
...religious observance in the life of the nation, which are indispensable foundations of the social order and of enduring political institu tions." Lutheran Aside. The Burke outburst astonished Lutherans, still at Milwaukee last week, and suggested to them a new significance in what they had considered merely a formal Presidential greeting...
...proclivities to let daily assignments slide before Midyears, or rather, before the next set of hours in December. For the upperclassman, taking four courses, immersed in his tutorial work and, in his Senior year, preparing for Divisionals, even perhaps, laying plans for his thesis, the whole mess of irritating formal quizzes is an insult to his supposed maturity and, what is considerably more important, an absolute injury to constant intelligent study...
Music nowadays has two distinct seasons, two distinct publics. There are the formal events given for the few who are fortunate enough to have subscription seats in opera houses and concert halls. There is also, thanks to Industry, music which extends impartially the length and breadth of the country. Last week broadcasts by some of the leading symphony orchestras brilliantly introduced a new radio season...