Word: aptly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...about the republic they are about to set up, but Mr. Anderson does his best to dignify the perverse, wilful, homespun idealism which makes them fight for that republic. At a time when many people are scratching their heads over the anatomy and organism of government, Valley Forge is apt and to the point. Such is Mr. Anderson's intention, for his forte is timeliness...
...college feverishly prepares to appear in knitteds, the deep significance of the trend is apt to escape us, as we superficially exclaim over so and os's fancy sweater...
...reads the Boston papers at all, it is well to read more than one of them. Because somewhere between or among the reports of the day's news as set forth in their respective columns, the actual facts of an event are apt to creep in. Differences of editorial policy are common and acknowledged, yet it is not often that one is treated to such marvelously varied front-page "interpretations" of the same news story...
...Spaniards there is something decidedly special about an English Lord. Spanish beggars are apt to address any tourist as "My Lord"; if that fails, as "My God"; and finally, if they get no coppers, as "Rosbiff Goddam!" Last week shaggy old Premier Alejandro Lerroux, who put down the proletarian revolt by having over 3,000 rebels shot, felt that the least he could do was to receive Lord Listowel & Commission in his private rooms at the Cortes. Spanish blood was up, Spanish honor at stake. Same afternoon, in the Cortes, Spain's No. 1 Catholic politician, Fascist...
...compartment that in 1920, while relieving himself through an open window, he fell out of the train in his pajamas and ruined his political career. No such clumsy timidity bothers the little Tsar of Bulgaria. Far too poor to have a private train of his own, Boris III is apt to be all over the public trains he uses. Like the late great Albert of Belgium, Tsar Boris is an impassioned locomotive engineer, likes to spend much time in the engine cab, although he by no means is above taking a trick at shoveling fuel. Last week, taking...