Word: acutest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Swinburne, through the Lawrences, Hardy, Campbell to Rupert Brooke, A. E. Housman, George Meredith, and many others. Of these men he gives a view not often shown, one of intimate association, if perhaps only for a short time. But always Squire comes away with the fruits of the acutest interpretation of the character of the man, and he transmits these into his work...
...treated with ether, which then was again steamed off. The result was a yellow oil containing some needle-shaped crystals. When these crystals had been treated with ultra violet rays they proved able to withstand storage, and when they were given to a porpoise suffering from scurvy in its acutest form, the porpoise was completely cured after a short time...
...experts in whom confidence was placed have not been infallible after all, and the economic situation rapidly becomes of the acutest personal interest. In the great days of prosperity it was only the most immediate economic problems which affected the ordinary citizen, and the relationship between world financial tangles and the individual pocketbook was only vaguely felt. Today, analysis and glosses of the world's monetary problems are broadcast by press and radio. Most of them pass over the ordinary head, but general impressions nevertheless remain. Smith and Jones are at least unforgettably aware of the magnitude of the situation...
While terrified Düsseldorf continued in acutest suspense a rumor leaked out that the supershrewd detectives were also sending out "decoy victims" - pretty young women in suits of light, flexible armour with padded steel under their hats, alert guards in the offing...