Word: aptly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whom they wanted, to write down their choice for President. Roosevelt had twenty thousand supporters, and the eight delegates pledged to him were elected with almost no opposition. Seventy thousand citizens took the trouble to write in Landon's name; the Republican delegates, though unpledged, will hardly be apt to defy such a clearly expressed sentiment...
...near-sighted eyes of posterity, historical figures are apt to loom larger and more beautiful than they do under the historian's microscope. To every true-blue Briton, Horatio Nelson was one of England's greatest heroes, and his beauteous Lady Hamilton the fitting Venus to his Mars. But not to the microscopic eye of Biographer Marjorie Bowen* whose tale is enough to turn a true-blue Briton purple or green, set Nelson himself whirling on his Trafalgar column...
Beyond saying that he was "frequently and desperately sea-sick," was apt to disobey orders in action and take credit for the brilliant strokes of subordinates, Biographer Bowen does not attack the naval ability of her hero; but of her hero's character and that of his doxy she leaves few shreds. Nelson was "ignorant of everything save his chosen profession, uneducated save in the school of war, scarcely a gentleman, and vulgar-souled . . ." but "... a brilliant air of being above his fellows, a flash of some genius and heroism." To Nelson, Emma was a goddess: "He would never...
Your reference about my conviction is apt to give an incorrect impression. It is a fact that I was for several years engaged as a geologist to find potential oil fields in Wyoming. The acreage thus acquired was placed into a developing company, which is today a highly successful corporation, bearing my name. It is a fact that I entered Texas in the boom days at the end of the war. It is a fact that I was tried and convicted for overstating potential values in prospective oil fields. It is a fact that I was sent to prison...
Halsted Ritter, for 30 years a Denver lawyer before he went to Florida, was appointed as a Republican by President Coolidge in 1929. On the bench he was apt to be a little stiff, sometimes peppery. Once when a bootlegger thanked him for imposing a fine of only $50, Judge Ritter roared: "Don't thank me! To thank a court or a jury for doing its duty is an insult. Your fine is raised to $75." He was first investigated as the result of a resolution introduced in the House by Representative J. Mark Wilcox of Florida...