Word: loudnesses
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...Mike") Hughes, last week went to a hospital and had his tonsils removed. Then, recumbent, he resigned his post. Stated reason: health. The Hughes tonsils, however, had little to do with the Hughes resignation. The Hughes resignation had long been sought by citizens, including the loud Tribune, who had grown weary of Chicago's bawdy disorderliness under Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill the Builder") Thompson. The Hughes resignation seemed to indicate that an end to the whole Thompson phenomenon was in sight. Thompson and his men were beaten and discredited in the primary election this spring. Thompson has been...
...pretend to understand." From the confusion of scholars' profusion of detail, Ludwig recreates the world Jesus lived in: the peaceful hillside where he loved to lie and dream his poet dreams, the bustling village on market day, the simple carpenter and fisherfolk, and finally, in glamorous contrast, Jerusalem, loud with the pompous clankings of Roman centurions, the sophistries of Pharisee and Sadducee, the sharp bickerings of tradesmen in the temple court. Instinctively avoiding the fierce challenge of the city, Jesus kept to the hills, pondering the wickedness of priests, and the gullibility of the people. But suddenly he heard...
Suit was brought by the Chicago Tribune, loud antagonist of louder Thompson. Other guilt-branded members of the conspiracy: George F. Harding, the county treasurer; Michael J. Faherty, president of the board of local improvements; Percival B. Coffin, public administrator...
...press stand, Writer H. L. Mencken took off his coat, revealing a cocoa-colored shirt and loud suspenders. Next to Writer Mencken, Publisher Alfred A. ("Borzoi") Knopf of the American Mercury climbed up on the desk and exposed several yards of film in his small cinema camera. Then, saving the film in case something else should happen, Publisher Knopf sat down again...
...Captain Sawyer, Dudley Smith, and Brewster Loud, Yale has a trio of capable twirlers who pitched with or against each other several years ago on Exeter and Andover nines Sawyer or Smith will probably be called on to face the Crimson batters this afternoon...