Word: characterlessness
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...center he had the majestic figure of "The Winged Victory" striding forward against the wind, her loose draped garment blown against strong limbs and matronly bosom. Way off in the margin of the carton stood a roly-poly figure of a girl, marked "Ruth Elder." Her knickers hung in characterless lines. Her kollege kut sweater with checks accentuated the dumpiness. From that ignominious, crowded-out position, she contemplated the noble figure on the pedestal above her. The picture was entitled by Cartoonist Kirby, "The Sisters...
...unguarded moment and make him fire off one of his lead slugs in vain. And here is the little surprise we have been saving. Dreiser plumbered the works when he set out to describe a young man's emotions. He forget that even the most characterless youths have shibboleths to break, ideals to leave behind new paths of iniquity to enter upon with misgiving. Dreiser forgot the psychological and biological metamorphoses of youth; he failed to recall the kaleidoscopic fluctuations even of adolescence. And hence his vapid characterless lad assumed thanks to his consistent characterlessness, a firmness of character quite...
Meanwhile, as a background for the social business of the evening -antics of begemmed matrons, observations of a grim explorer, dreams of a musician who is Vice President of the U.S.-the suave, characterless music dipped along, helped with all the resources of Rosa Raisa's opulent voice. Giorgio Polacco conducted...
Charles Sims' painting of King 'George in full court dress has excited a great deal of comment due to the beautiful legs and rather characterless face given England's ruler. Sir John Lavery shows a large painting Premier Mac-Donald addressing the House of Commons in which the effect of political success on the Labor leader seems to have stamped him with an aristocratic Tory look. The atmosphere of the house is well reproduced, with a clever portrait of Lady Astor leaning far forward in her seat...
...whole situation was thoroughly set forth in a CRIMSON editorial that appeared on January 12, 1914: "Brattle Hall is both hopelessly small and hopelessly ugly. An armory would deprive the Dance of its atmosphere, would transfer it into a mere subscription party, nondescript and characterless. A Boston hotel would present unwise and perhaps disastrous extraneous temptations. We recall the class dinners of old. Finally, it is doubtful whether engaging any of these places would decrease expenses...