Word: aptly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have about the Album as the years go by. At present, the Senior, after looking at his own picture and trying to find out how many of the class he knows--he is usually disappointed to discover how many there are whom he has never seen before--is too apt to leave the book lying around until it is completely covered...
...suggests the question of "who is there today that is really great?" In literature there are many prominent figures, among whom Kipling, with his genius for short stories and for verse and an occasional gift of true poetry, is the chief. In statesmanship--who is there? The cynic is apt to quote the great Disraeli, saying that "the world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians". In the art of war there is no single outstanding figure, unless the title of Marshall Foch be changed from that of a great patriot to that of a great inctician...
...usually keep their dark suits faultlessly pressed. But, on the other hand, one sees a large number of indistinguishable individuals, whose shoes are not shined, who do not own fur coats, and who carry rather more books under their arms than their more aristocratic brethren. This type is apt to be scrawny, diligent and sincere. But it is unfair to speak of types. No one individual ever conforms to his type. If you want to see us as we are, you must come and live among us. We are really human and therefore really indescribable. Yale correspondent in The Grants...
...Fast. As many critics commented, the title of this opus is apt. If Southern dialect were the only requisite of great drama, Not So Fast would be another Hamlet?but that is the most that can be said in its favor. The action concerns the usual city fellers who atempt to befool the honest but apparently boobish guardian of the two girl orphans and their fortune. Of course, he befools them instead. Allegorical triumph of virtue. Curtain...
...back seats, say those as far from the orchestra as are the final rows in a concert hall, much of the nuance of the orchestra is lost. The pianissimi are apt to be inaudible. For this reason the best programs for outdoor performance are vigorous ones, with heavy masses of tone and brazen climaxes. Tschaikowsky is ideal...