Word: sterned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...third significant date is September 22, when the Coal (Fact Finding) Commission, created by Congress, goes out of existence. During its period of office the Commission has acted as a sort of chaperon for both workers and operators. Both sides have feared to be too unreasonable with the stern eye of the Commission over them. But what will happen when the chaperon goes home? That is a question which only the future will reveal...
...power boat Napeague ran into New York Harbor flying red flags at bow and stern. A coast guard cutter approached and the Captain of the Napeague shouted: "Keep away from us. We are loaded with dynamite ! " But the coast guards boarded the Napeague and found 1,600 cases of whiskey under her tarpaulins...
...Stern and Rock-Bound...
...conservative "-two years ago the word of the hour-is also suffering a political change. " He represents a stern and rock-bound conservatism that is rapidly becoming obsolete, even in the camp of conservatives." The illustrative "he" is Calvin Coolidge. Once he was "our pride" because he would deliver us from the snare of the Bolshevik. No-to continue with an editorial in that brilliant sun-paper (Baltimore Sun): " He is unyielding and unbending in a viewpoint which, whatever its virtues, certainly falls far short of meeting the needs of such an age as this, when social and economic amelioration...
High Jump. Charles Jenney Jr., Donald Spencer, M. A. Stern...