Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work, aside from its having established him as never before in the forefront of contemporary writers, is its relentless penetration and comprehension of personal and social values too subtle to be more than hinted at by lesser men. The chronicle unfolds itself, chiefly through the disordered thought currents and abrupt conversations of the characters, with all the perplexing yet inevitable indirection of actual life. The versatility and incessant activity of Tietjen's mind-he is a mathematician, linguist and poet as well as a husband, lover, officer, sociologist and human being -do not contribute immediate lucidity to events which...
...southern end of Langley ridge called Army Pass, and so on to the head of Rock Creek, a tributary of the Kern River, which itself finally reaches the San Joaquin valley at Bakersfield. Emerging into the pass, we came out on a broad granite plateau sloping gently west, an abrupt change from the tremendous cliffs skirted by the trail coming up from the east, and soon descended to first water and timber line, following Rock Creek down to 9,500 feet, three miles above its final plunge into the tremendous canyon of the Kern. The rocky trail led through forests...
...alone is the stand commendable, it is reasonable. If, however, it traces more directly to the unpleasant episodes of the last weekend, the CRIMSON, while admiring Princeton's maintenance of a decent and convincing self respect, feels that the decision to break off relations with Harvard is too abrupt. The CRIMSON believes that such unpleasant incidents as those mentioned can be made unique in the history of Princeton-Harvard intercourse by means such as those suggested in yesterday's editorial: formal negotiation by proper-representatives of the two in dergraduate bodies. Nothing cans more to hurt amateur athletics...
...Cancers of the lip, mouth, tongue and tonsil are due mainly to broken or sharp-edged and uneven teeth or to tobacco. Gastric cancer is generally traced to abuse of the stomach. Early and abrupt weaning is a frequent cause of mammary cancer. Altogether, these and other cancers are the result of known causes and can be prevented."-James Ewing of Manhattan. He added that no effective antiseptic has been discovered. He recommended gargling with plain soap and water...
...With an abrupt, nervous sweep of his arm General Szeptycki raised and discharged his pistol. He had missed. No change appeared in the handsome, slightly mocking visage of the Count, but the gentlemen who watched him bring his lean weapon slowly into position knew that they were about to witness a tragedy. Count Skrzynski did not know how to miss; he was one of the deadliest shots in Warsaw. "One . . ." said the umpire, telling off the first of the five seconds which the Polish code allows a duelist in which to return his opponent's fire. "Two. . . ." With...