Word: clingingly
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Stella inevitably revenged her kind by plunging Savaron down the abyss of sex. Writing his autobiography afforded him a ledge to cling to tem- porarily. Then that crumbled and he dreamed dizzily of himself as im- prisoned by the Winkelbergs, craning out of a lopsided tenement win- dow in a nightcap, blowing kisses into infinity. He left Stella, strug- gled a while to brake his racing thoughts, then blew his tired brains...
...extreme. For the purpose of clarifying the background to events which are even now taking place in Arabia, attention will be drawn to onethe Wahabite. The Wahabis are a cross between the Hanbalite and Zahirite sects or, in western parlance, the Puritans of the Church of Islam. They cling tenaciously to orthodox Moslem tenets and strive for the reform of Islam in conformity to the teachings of the Koran. They believe...
...enforce his censorship of a realistic play concerning the Marines in the trenches, on the ground that it disparages the romance of military life and may discourage enlistment. General Shoenaich, German commander on the Rumanian front, calls fools and cowards the officers of the old regime who still cling to the old militaristic ideas. While the entire strategic staff of the United States Army goes on speaking tours to persuade the voters to enlarge the regular army and create a large citizen army. General Verraux, commander of the sixth French corps, urges a general strike against war, even a strike...
...Russia, Germany and Austria, as a result of internal changes in their respective countries, have given up their special privileges in China and have concluded treaties of equality and reciprocity with us. For this the Chinese people feel very grateful. But England, France, Japan, America and Italy still cling to their privileged position in this country, showing no indication as yet of surrendering it. This is a matter of great indignation for the people...
...Last week the Executive Council of the Federation, its highest body, assembled in Atlantic City in its regular session, which was, of course, private. In going to that meeting, Mr. Gompers announced that the Federation would cling to its (to his) time-honored policy...