Word: fussed
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...went to the store, got a job in the cloak-and-suit department, worked to the top until she was making three times as much as her husband ever did. He, though not adept at darning socks, made the children happy because he understood their minds and did not fuss if they tore their rompers. But one night he found he could use his legs, and once more Tragedy bared its teeth at him. He would have to go out and work again, his wife would have to come back to her cage. Deliberately he unlaced his shoes...
Mademoiselle Midnight. More of Mae Murray's fuss and feathers thinly disguised as acting. This time Miss Murray has her histrionic hysterics in Mexico. The general blurred impression given by the picture is like this: Mae Murray-large mountains -Mae Murray-midnight love trysts -Mae Murray-a weird fandango by somebody described as a screen star -Mae Murray - cowboys having spasms-Mae Murray...
Thirty pirates were arrested by Chinese authorities and charged with attacking British ships in South China waters. To avoid legal proceedings, useless fuss and bother, two were shot in public, the remainder were enrolled in Sun Yat-Sen's army to be shot by the enemy...
...Since 1903 Colombia insisted that the "Panama Canal deal" was a felony and demanded compensation. In 1921, after much noise and fuss, the U. S. settled with Colombia...
Edward B. McLean, Washington publisher: "I returned to West Palm Beach from Washington after testifying before the Senate oil investigating committee. Said I, commenting on the crowds that attended the hearing: 'You would have thought I was Bergdoll being brought home from Germany. I never saw so much fuss over nothing in my life...