Word: hyper
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...plains and the pioneer West; 3) strenuous stories of New York detectives such as Old Cap Collier and Old Sleuth, of cosmopolitan boys like Jack Harkaway, or rovers like Deadwood Dick; 4) respectable stories of righteous messenger boys, of Nick Carter, Diamond Dick, Jesse James and Yale's hyper-athlete Frank Merriwell...
That the literal English translation of these very same adventures of Gargantua and Pantagruel which are barred in the original French version can be and are freely sold throughout the country apparently makes no difference to our hyper-paternalistic fatherland. The same inconsistency appeared in the recent barring of certain editions of Voltaire's Candide in Boston...
Andrew J. Volstead of St. Paul went last week to Rochester, Minn., underwent the famed, hyper-inquisitive physical examination of the Mayo clinic. The reputed Volstead ailment: kidney trouble...
...clad as if about to step into the shower. It is an actual although astounding fact that tights are being worn in this production, and judging from the box office receipts, this unusual procedure is being received with enthusiasm. Clothed figures dancing on the stage appear so grotesque, so hyper-sophisticated that the novelty of the sight has won the patronage of the entire smart set. It is but a matter of time until Ziegfield will be glorifying the American girl as she has never been glorified before; that is, completely dressed...
...every cinemaddict knows, reeks of malevolence, depravity. When John flays Nan she departs, gets a job as a companion. Her employer, it so happens, is Moret's mistress. Soon the mistress suspects an affair between Moret & Nan. deserts Moret, who realizes Nan still loves her husband. A hyper-compromising scene is arranged for John's benefit, leaving him with no alternative but to welcome back his wife at her own terms...