Word: aptly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...speaking of a new meal plan in Memorial Hall, an interesting observation is made: "in the installation of any new system the machinery is not apt to run smoothly at first; time and patience are necessary to secure complete satisfaction...
GAUDY NIGHT-Dorothy L. Sayers- Harcourt, Brace ($2.50). Though murder stories form the chief mental diet of many a respectable citizen, even the most avid consumers are apt to be apologetic or defiant about their appetite. But they would not admit that detectification is the lowest form of writing. They would point out that the ability to concoct a specious and readable thriller demands more ingenuity and special training than many a novelist can command. And they would further contend that the best murder stories can compete with novels on their own ground. Partisans might instance the tales...
...they must be worn with an eye to the general effect produced. Subtle, harmonizing combinations are in demand. No red-headed lad wearing pink shirts and purple ties with brown suits! A well-matched shirt, tie, and handkerchief seldom go unappreciated. On the other hand, black shirts are apt to be frowned on and no sympathy whatsoever is reserved for the unenlightened soul who appears in a gray and brown combination. "Revolting!" shudders the artistic Wellesley critic. "How can anyone stand a brown jacket with gray trousers!" "Ploppy and unimaginative." Thumbs-down is the high sign on derbies and corduroy...
...strongly reminiscent of such Victorian statesmen as Lord Palmerston. "It is to be regretted," said the Foreign Minister of Imperial Japan, "that there are abroad statesmen of repute who seem determined to impose upon others their private convictions as to how the world should be ordered, and who are apt to denounce those who oppose their dictates as if they were disturbers of the peace. No one is qualified to talk world peace unless he not only knows the national aspirations and obligations of his country but also understands and appreciates the standpoints of other countries...
Ceiling Zero (Warner), a crisp adaptation of last year's successful stage play, is not apt to whet the average citizen's appetite for flying, despite the moral that pilots are brave men willing to die for Science...