Word: aptly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...apt to befuddle men's minds; but a churchman of such prominence as Dean Inge should always retain a clear vision and unbiased judgment...
More often than not he is apt to find himself camping out, his hefty form huddled on the bedroll he generally carries with...
...Small Hours. The process of self-criticism and external criticism through which a writer has to go before publication is a good test of his genius. First he discusses his work with an editor of a state publishing house, who may or may not approve. Next he is apt to read the work or parts of it to friends, who are often unsparing in their criticism. It is a frequent practice to publish chapters in magazines, and these are also open to criticism. He may also stand on his feet before a meeting of the Writers' Union and read...
Socially, he is a man who cannot be missed. A man of exceptionally friendly and attractive personality, he rarely comes into a room without attracting attention. Militarily he is a martinet, a spit-& -polish soldier with the driving energy which is apt to characterize good officers. Administratively, he is Hollywood's dream of a big executive: he keeps two secretaries and three aides run ragged; while his satellites revolve around him, he ticks off his schedule with the inexorability of a clock...
...peace of the world. One reason for this is that their ideas of the American people are largely derived from films filtered through the Hays film censorship. This remarkable organization never allows wrong to triumph or ministers of religion to appear as villains. . . . No wonder we are apt to think of Americans as alternating between violence and smugness...