Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from him, tied up to the solider character of Frederick. The child of their marriage was born not only to comfort but security. From the triumphantly peaceful room where Francesca lies with her infant daughter the story reaches out into surrounding space and time: to unhappy Adrian, drifting between casual beds and bars, writing his ex-wife vague British congratulations from a cafe in Venice; to prolific Mrs. Ramage in the maternity ward, more pleased by the tulips from an unknown lady than by the birth of one more little Ramage; to the middle-aged carpenter's wife whose...
...Even a casual reading of the report should show one that it was written in neither a belligerent nor an impertinent spirit. It was self-evident to the Committee that Mr. Leighton and his staff not only comprehend thoroughly the significance of the questions discussed but are working hard to solve them. The intention behind the report is cooperative; that of presenting an accurate and constructive Freshman viewpoint for consideration in the formation of any policies...
...more than a successful coach. He is, in the finest sense of the word, a gentleman. If for this reason alone, his men play tennis and squash to do him credit as well as to bring Harvard--and themselves--fame. Their success in both is apparent from the most casual glance at Harry's long and eminontly distinctive record...
...sure, wrote Editor Morrison, a guide occasionally "throws in the qualifying clause, 'Tradition says-,' but this interpolation is never emphasized. . . . Consequently the uncritical tourist comes out of Palestine with his mind cluttered with pious superstition." Furthermore: "To have Christianity presented to these tens of thousands of casual sightseers every year in an incredible and repugnant form will have consequences in our own country." Dr. Morrison's suggested remedy: let the Jerusalem Y. M. C. A. which is less Fundamentalist than other Protestant institutions in Palestine, take the lead in "guiding travelers . . . without provoking them to a mood...
...pieces. Everything is cleared up at the end except the chastity of Miss Tala Birell. Not that anything is wrong, but the tone of voice in which (though it is to save Bellamy) she agrees to go away for a weekend with one of the villains is amazingly casual, nor is this all. Hardly a reel later she accepts with even more alacrity a similar invitation from Bellamy (to whom she is not married) in a scene for which the reporter (Victor Kilian) supplies the fade-out gag. He gives a musical cigaret case to Bellamy with a line...