Word: colorless
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...American press is a great institution. Mechanically it is decades in advance of any other country. It is largely free from political subserviency. But it is not, and probably will not be for a long time to come, an unbiased, impartial, colorless means of presenting news. Perhaps, after all, that is not what is wanted. Newspapers are peculiarly sensitive to "what the public want...
...Russian border, my attention was attracted by a flag of the Soviet Government flying from the top of the frontier station. Doubtless it was once red, perhaps deep red, . . . but the winds had whipped it and the elements had beaten it until its carmine hue had faded. It looked colorless...
...drawing of some of the characters. Pegano and "Ma" Pegano the fat Italians who run a very questionable hotel are priceless; Mrs. Worth, an old English lady with a longing for Devon is excellent, while it will be very hard to forget the Reeces, Mrs. Reece unreal, brittle, and colorless as a wax doll, and Mr. Reece with his ever-lasting fear for the valves of Mrs. Reese's heart. "How is she?" "Badly, badly. They say the valves are closing. Closing up. Stenosis is the word the doctor uses, but long words don't make it any better...
...financial and trade world. Accompanied by feverish speculation, cotton surged forward almost to the frequently predicted price of 30 cents. Although the volume of transactions in stocks decreased, prices were irregularly strong. Bonds in general turned downward under advancing money rates. In Germany the printing presses rendered colorless previous superlatives of financial writers by adding in the single week 450 billion new Reichsbank marks!! Some ingenious mathematician has computed that at this rate 1923 would see outstanding marks break into the quadrillions-an achievement beyond the power of even the Bolsheviki...
...victory is slight, in the stage version, for the rival is made most unattractive as a man, and after the ghost of the dead husband is laid, the play degenerates into farce. Miss Nudsen is somewhat too colorless for so emotional a part; she gives it with little strength. Mr. Gilbert makes a valiant effort with the doctor's part, and puts into the play much that it lacked in the writing of it. Especially in the earlier scenes of straight comedy is he good; when it came to the ending, his skill was wasted in broad comic effects...