Word: rusticate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since, after all, Adolf Hitler and Hermann Wilhelm Göring have the rank and dignity of statesmen, and since, after all, Charles Augustus Lindbergh is only a civilian aviator, the German Chancellor and the Prussian Premier did not go to Berlin to greet him, remained on rustic vacation in south Germany. They did announce that "in principle" they would receive the Colonel whenever he is in their vicinity, did send their personal aides to escort him, click heels and kiss Mrs. Lindbergh's hand...
...sweepstakes loser, wagged his head in foolish disappointment, explained he had been buying sweepstakes tickets for many years but still hoped to win eventually. Two weeks later, in a reel about Manhattan socialites parading on Easter, John Q. Dohp appeared again, this time as an incongruous and loutish rustic, wobbling along in a plug hat much too small...
Last week New Brunswick wrote the final sentence in a murder case rarely matched for rustic deviltry...
...constant celestial Protectress of the Empire, can look into the hearts of wicked Japanese and warn good Japanese of their foul intentions, Prince Saionji inevitably would be one of the first to be warned. Some secret source, human or divine, tipped off Japan's Exalted Octogenarian. From his rustic villa at Okitsu in a speeding motor car Prince Saionji raced through night and snow to nearby Shizuoka where he was guarded by 100 police who kept the secret from murderous mustards...
...Village Barn (52 W. 8th) which caters to a college crowd. A rustic barn, the walls of which are covered with college pennants and hay, but the floor of which is smooth for dancing. You'll meet all your friends...