Word: pious
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Pious Hope. The situation cleared up within 48 hours when the full text of the Prime Minister's remarks showed that he had merely been uttering a pious hope, and had been forced to do so by a petition signed by 77 prominent Labor M. P.'s, asking total abolition of the dreadnought...
...sacred coconut was blessed in India by the Hindu Primate, then carried by a Pundit to the Chateau Holkar on the outskirts of Paris, where it was broken and the virgin milk allowed to splash upon the naked girl-babe, who was christened Princess Sharada Raje Holkar, amid pious shouts of "Om! Shantih! Shantih"!! Shantih!!! "Oh! Peace! Peace!! Peace...
...equipment. In 1926 it absorbed a large maker of soda fountain equipment. Between 1908 and 1928 its current assets increased from $3,000,000 to $21,000,000. Although the stock (listed on the New York Curb) is rarely traded in, Scovill is regarded with respect by competitors, with pious awe by Waterbury businessmen...