Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...possesses the domineering thick contralto of the Savoy tradition; and her account to her daughter Casilda of how she "tamed your great progenitor at last" is more kittenish than relentless as it should be. As for Casilda, she sings too noisily, particularly in "There Was a Time," a delicious bit of Victorian sentimentalism that should be dealt with tenderly...
...tabby. Labor Leader "Uncle" Arthur Henderson tried to keep the Party on its well-worn track of merely Talking Socialism. "Labor must be definitely international in its outlook," he orated vaguely. "The National Government is Toryism without disguise. . . . There is need for an advance toward Socialism. . . ." Taking this bit in their teeth, the delegates galloped, bolted. While Leader Henderson begged and pleaded for "caution" the Congress ignored him, cheered to the echo a "labor intellectual," Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (onetime President of the Board of Education) who proposed to block the possibility that men like Arthur Henderson (onetime Foreign Secretary...
...ways than one). Mr. Hutchinson may be the publicity seeker: he may even have beamed with delight over some of his notoriety: if so he has his reward. The Post's comment has certainly mingled his wine with wries however, and for you to reprint this seems a bit unTiMEly. His mistake in this case has no bearing on the one of the past [embezzling] and vice versa. What he needs now are sound advice and boosts, not blows which strike below the belt...
...book is well written and scholarly. The author sentimentalizes a bit too much over Dorothy, and perhaps makes her out a little too ideal, thereby taking away some of the force and strength in her character. But aside from these defects, as a biography and as a picture of life, it is excellent; and it proves an aid in the understanding of the poetry and character of William, her brother, and Coleridge, her friend...
...despite these minor irritations, "Fighting for Fun" is a story of healthy, Vigorous sport, untainted by professionalism, and of a vivid, if a bit egocentric, personality. Although he can hardly be considered as a great literary artist, Eddie Eagan has written a terse, straight-forward narrative, both interesting and refreshing...