Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...number of its readers is an indication of the true sentiment of intelligent people which the newspaper world cannot afford to neglect. It should be pondered by those in the profession, or planning to enter it. The case is one calling for serious study and comment in schools of journalism. No one will claim that the trend is all one way, but no one with his eyes open can deny that in the success of the Times is a proof that those who think it all one way-and that the way of irresponsible journalism dealing only in 'features...
...thought the General Motors includes many a different car, includes also Chevrolet, which like the Ford is cheaper than the Chrysler. Of course Chrysler with its "50" selling for $750?$885 comes close to the lowest auto-price level, but people associate the name chiefly with the "70" which cannot be bought for less than $5 less than...
...rubs away the dust of Sussex and the bloom of spontaneity. Percival Fream, rich, meticulous, impotent, gives her first a diamond ring, then a marriage which includes all the luxuries save one. Mary gives dances behind the bright windows and in the wide gardens of Hill House but she cannot escape the knowledge that, for a steady diet, potatoes are more satisfying than candied rose leaves...
...remorse, she saw him crucified. Vexed, he spends another evening trying to capture his waking dream, to make it come true, but the trail only leads him to an impersonal female corpse in a hospital cellar. He tells his wife all about that, too. They finally agree that you cannot grasp all the truth, all the reality, of any experience, waking or dreaming. . . . People have not only patience but gratitude and admiration for Author Schnitzler's evanescent themes, because he writes, like so many cultured neurotics, beautifully...
Even this wild effort at modernity, however, cannot save the staleness of a good idea gone wrong. Victor Trench might have been a memorable figure, but he is little better than a strong silent man who is rather dumb. How his hatred of women melts before the gentle magic of Effie's home-making, how his better instincts are aroused in the struggle to protect her, how, when she is dead, he feels her spirit urging him to stick it out--all this makes a thoroughly bad novel, and nothing else...