Word: throating
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...Dear Governor," Mr. Woodin, long afflicted with a bad throat, had written from Manhattan. "It is so cheering to hear your voice over the telephone, that I always feel better after talking to you. Last August after a severe illness . . . you suggested that I try remaining away from my desk for a few weeks and, as far as possible, forget the Treasury. . . . Unfortunately I am not exactly built that way. ... I have tried faithfully to carry out your suggestions, but it has been a failure. ... I feel that I must tender my resignation and seek complete rest and a change...
...gold and green. The Author's most famed productions have never met the public eye, are fitter for private ears. Prolific parent of a Rabelaisian brood of limericks, bans mots, parodies, a troop of outrageous, robustious characters of fancy, Oliver St. John Gogarty is a doctor by trade (throat specialist). Now an Irish Senator, he was a bitter enemy of the Republicans, once faced a firing squad but escaped by swimming the Liffey. In gratitude he presented the river with a brace of swans. A mighty tosspot in his youth, he made a pilgrimage to the top of Featherbed...
Died. Dr. John Emmans DeMund, 67, retired Brooklyn nose & throat specialist and sportsman, longtime (1923-32) president of the American Kennel Club, onetime Department of Justice secret agent; of heart disease, after long illness; in Montclair...
...advised her to sell some and she said she wanted to retain at least 2,000 shares because her husband knew Samuel Insull quite well and had great confidence in him and his stocks." Mrs. Busby, her good-looking young daughter beside her, made a noise in her throat and glared at Mr. Traylor. Mr. Traylor reddened...
...York the situation is unprecedented. Tammany, with its eggplant jowled O'Brien has cut its own throat and Fighting Major LaGuardia still looks to be a rabbit's foot ahead of Playboy McKee. Boston's prospects are problematical. The Beacon Hill minority that has been completely impotent in the past may find itself in the dizzy position of holding the balance of power. The bloc of votes which have meant victory in the past are now split, how closely no one knows. The Innes-Nichols-Goulston group is an excellent match for the Curley-Coakley-Foley combine. Parkman...