Word: cleverly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...study of Addison. More persistent reading of The Citizen of the World papers and less credulous perusal of the Hearst papers might have guided this critic of our national failings toward complete triumph. In such a volume as this, the only excuse for its being is found either in clever irony or in scintillating wit. Mr. Joad rarely betrays either. His comment is bold and unrelieved. In discussing broadly the question of American worship of size and narrowly the growth of our large cities, he speaks of the commuter who "spends his half hour not in healthy exercise...
...Wilson '27 last night as the red-headed Queen Elizabeth in the Hasty Pudding club's eighty first annual riot, seems to indicate a public demand to investigate further this question of color. The wise man will only look more devilish and confine his remarks to the cleverness, good looks, and ability of said Wilson, who is even better this year than in the past two years, which is as much as can be said for any actor. Arnie Horween was heard to mutter that if he only had a quarterback on Soldiers' Field that looked as good as Wilson...
Last week in Rome a clever hostess gave a dinner. She invited a witty Cardinal and, for him, a charming lady. But as the Cardinal drew up his chair to the table, he saw too many of the charms of the charming lady beside him; she was fashionably undressed above the waist. On her he bestowed one enfolding glance; then through every course but the last he courteously ignored her to her distress. For his dessert, he judiciously chose a ripe red apple, peeled it and halved it with care. On the charming lady's plate...
...Hammonds never heard of Rosicrucian philosophy until she picked up the Kansas City Star's clever story of "Mrs. Col. House," written by Hartley, brilliant reporter. There is a difference between brilliance, clever writing and accuracy...
...lady. For ten years she passes as her dead twin brother, Kurt-at home, at military school, in the Uhlans, in gay 19th Century Vienna. Love, of course, is the deity referred to by the title. The report, "Missing in action," is her prothalamium. . . . Author Waring is not just clever. He writes with scrupulous attention to his main obligations-sharp characters, vivid atmosphere, swift plot and plenty of it. Grant his one demand, Freya's incredible ambivalence, and he repays with corking entertainment...