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Word: aestheticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The prestige of Italy must be furthered by more substantial means than mere abstention from profanity. From an aesthetic point of view hand-carved pick handles, or triangular macaroni would seem infinitely more effective.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CURSE OF ITALY | 3/20/1925 | See Source »

The coincidence of the need of a new chapel and a desire to construct a fitting war memorial makes a combination of aims appear the happiest release from a difficult situation. The addition of any sort of bell-tower or purely memorial structure to the already polymorphic architecture of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHAPELS AND MEMORIALS | 3/13/1925 | See Source »

One of the favorite outdoor sports of summertime is doomed. Soon the aesthetic plaints of the motorist will be ended, for the loathsome billboard is going. The traveler must then confine his remarks to those queer flowers, that old house, or those funny people. On Sunday afternoons, when the clouds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OH LORD, HOW LONG? | 3/11/1925 | See Source »

In an effort to relieve Harvard Square's acute parking problem. Councilor Cazmay has introduced a petition into the Cambridge City Council to have the corner of Mt. Auburn and Boylston Streets, in front of the Pi Eta Club, rounded off. Aesthetic reasons also underly the petition, for it is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Secks to Remedy Parking Problem | 1/26/1925 | See Source »

Perhaps when the spring thaw comes, the Sunday rotogravure section will show the blithesome Columbia crew frolicking about the float like male Pavlowa's, while leading the aesthetic dare a Follies girl in front-page-cover-in Judge costume beckons.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CREW STORY | 12/19/1924 | See Source »

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