Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been of many nationalities, in the legal sense, is explained by the fact that the district in which he was born has been, during his lifetime, once Russian, once German, several times Lithuanian and is now Polish. By general repute Premier Valdemaras is deemed relatively normal, in contrast with the unguessable moods and eccentricities of Marshal Pilsudski...
...white glow; John Gilbert as Vronsky is too frequently exposed to a highly approximate lens, he is too willing to act only with his teeth or his hair, to duplicate the excellence of his performance in The Big Parade. But his inadequacies are minor and partly made evident by contrast. Good handling of minor parts by George Fawcett, Brandon Hurst, Emily Fitzroy and Philippe de Lacy, intelligent photography, brilliant direction are enough for any picture that includes such a performance as that supplied by Actress Garbo. The Wreck of the Hesperus, Longfellow's famed poem in its apparently rapid...
...contrast to the European press partisanship, the papers here on which the citizen is dependent for his knowledge of governmental affairs deem it best to respect the feelings of the men at Washington, and tell the reader what he likes to believe is true. Revelline in their nonpartisanship, and in the confidence of legislators, the papers refuse to stimulate by criticism. They ignored the maladministration of Harding's term. As a recent particular, see how they minimized Nicaraguan troubles where in a single battle, whether rightly or wrongly, the marines with one loss killed six hundred native rebels. The weekly...
...cant term of decadent. They are over the peak. Their manners and personal graces are those of the Restoration, their collective temperament a shade in the direction of Baudelaire. A more charming bevy of wastrels is not to be found, or a more hospitable. Many interesting points of contrast between them and us are immediately apparent. Impervious to the depressing influences of democracy, the Cambridge helots are obsequious. In New Haven one is often on the same terms with one's janitor as with one's room-mate. But the Harvard man never sees his janitor, save when he comes...
...slightly tilted back-so that the sitter is forced to use the entire seat thus getting the benefit of back rest. Also, the chair is rounded in front so that arteries are not pinched. From March to June (1927) 6,000 "posture chairs" were sold in contrast to 2,000 armless revolving chairs during the same period...