Word: conscious
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fading autumn sunshine. A young Frenchman mounted the steps of a house in a Paris suburb and touched the knocker. His dress was one of conscious affectation, that of a dandy of the Restoration; he was eighteen years old, and his elbow was crooked around a thin manuscript. A kindly neighbor in his country home had secured for him an invitation to meet Saint-Beuve, the great literary critic, and read some poetry to him. Saint-Beuve's library was soon vibrating to the warm emotional tone with which a young man reads poetry, particularly when the poetry happens...
...Coffman foretold many uses for his felt-steel roofing and sidings for buildings, pipe lining, paneling, fireproofing. When struck the material does not ring like steel, an advantage in a decibel-conscious...
Those who followed him beyond the pale of History 1 are probably more conscious of the originality which informed his work and led to revision of the contemporary estimate of Lord Castlereagh. The personal experience of the making of history which he acquired at the Conference of Paris is equally notable part of his equipment. It lends to his opinions a realism and authority rare enough in the field of history to make his transfer to London next September a distinct loss for Harvard...
...function of men who aspire to be statesmen in a democracy is not to sit idly by while fortuitous circumstances sweep public opinion this way and that and then place themselves placidly in accord with every chance fluctuation, but rather it is their duty to participate actively in the conscious formation of intelligent opinion. that was the type of presidential leadership which Roosevelt and Wilson gave, and of which Baker is capable; and that is the type of leadership which the nation has sought in vain from the While House for eleven years...
...system based primarily on individual initiative. But that this is not identical with an outworn laissez-faire theory is indicated by the following: "Our own capitalistic system obviously needs modification...There are large areas of new relations, of old relations expanded into new importance and meaning, as to which conscious regulation is the effective answer...