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sentimental
marked by tender, romantic, or nostalgic emotionHe was the kind of fellow who disguised his colossally sentimental heart behind a curtain of bellow and bluster that rendered him “at once the terror—and the idol—of the newsroom.
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confidante
a woman or girl to whom secrets can be entrustedWhen Elsie Salisbury, a thirty-year-old stenographer for the Milwaukee Railroad, was charged with shooting her sweetheart dead in the railroad’s office, Hick earned the woman’s trust and became her confidante.
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reminisce
recall the pastAnd as Salisbury awaited the jury’s verdict in a Montevideo hotel, Hick sat by her side and listened to her reminisce.
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personage
one whose actions and opinions have a strong impact“I remember Hick as a friendly, casual, responsive woman, utterly unconscious of the fact that she was even then a personage.”
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adulation
exaggerated flattery or praiseHick reveled in the adulation, adopting the players as her “dear nephews” and christening herself “the Gophers’ poet laureate.”
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aplomb
great coolness and composure under strainBut it was a job, and Hick went at it with her usual aplomb.
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tearjerker
an excessively sentimental storyVariety magazine called her a “by.line sobbie,” an indication that she was writing tearjerkers and gaining some notoriety at it.
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unprecedented
novel; having no earlier occurrenceIts unprecedented reach gave the AP a power tantamount to that of “an engine that causes 30,000,000 minds to have the same thought at the same moment, and nothing on earth can equal the force thus generated.”
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tantamount
being essentially equal to somethingIts unprecedented reach gave the AP a power tantamount to that of “an engine that causes 30,000,000 minds to have the same thought at the same moment, and nothing on earth can equal the force thus generated.”
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aria
an elaborate song for solo voiceRoosevelt had an erratic voice that launched itself into the higher registers without provocation, like an aria gone wrong.
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phlegmatic
showing little emotion“Davies and myself walked along the railside of the Vestris right up to the last moment…commenting regarding the phlegmatic slowness as well as the inexperience shown in the life-saving manoeuvres aboard our ship.”
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convivial
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good companyShe did not speak, and her face did not mirror her husband’s convivial mood.
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invective
abusive language used to express blame or censureThe “blasé and shock-proof” hard news reporter forever hurling invective around her Pall Malls in the club car was Hick.
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hardscrabble
involving struggle, difficulties, or povertyHick, in turn, shared stories of her hardscrabble years in South Dakota.
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mortification
strong feelings of embarrassmentTo Hick’s mortification, the first lady of New York insisted that Hick should take the bed.
Created on 三月 24, 2026
(updated 五月 26, 2026)
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