Word: contortionism
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Hung, elegant among the rabble, were two women. They did not twist in grisly contortion from any gibbet's arm, not they, but sat side by side upon a sofa which George Bellows had painted. Now, for all the intimacy of their attitudes, there was a difference in the...
When the publisher takes his wares to market, a similar selling psychology teaches him that announcement of his table of contents has nowhere near the magnetism of a striking hint, a single graphic stroke of advertising along a popular line. Depending on the elevation of the publisher's mind, this...
"I would that I could say as much for the courage of all public men as for their honesty. There is no lack of wisdom, of patriotism, or of desire to serve the people; but courage to stand up against hasty conclusions and currents of superficial public opinion is often...
Mr. Thomas William Lamont '92, well known banker and business man, will be the speaker in the Living Room of the Union next Monday evening, January 10, at 8 o'clock. This is the seventh of the Union's main lecture series. Although Mr. Lamont has not definitely announced his...