Word: cools
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mark Sullivan, " cool, alert, distinguished...
...conventional oh-so-damn-Gaelic concern with the Sidhe, the Bear without Bristles. Uncle White Seagull and the rest of the melancholy paraphernalia of minor Irish bards. It is evident that the author has read James Stephens, but he has his own individual way of speaking, clear, fresh and cool as the sound of a country brook. Poems for even a reviewer to keep and reread...
Speaking of the Paris Conference: "Mr. Sullivan seemed to be sure-footed and to know his way about the diplomatic crevasses-cool, alert, distinguished and clearheaded. When he lunched with Balfour or Lloyd George his seat appeared to be the head of the table. To such languorous notes as Peace was piping from its drowsy Valerian hillock Mr. Sullivan added a knowing and a star-spanGled obbligato. He was, in fact, closer to what was happening upon the shifty Quai D'Orsay than were several of the involved prime ministers. We met him one afternoon...
...Rowing a cool and heady race throughout, the Freshman 150-pound crew defeated the Yale Freshman light-weights yesterday afternoon over the mile course on the Housatonic River at Derby, Conn...
...When, on the other hand, the heat from the sun is low," he went on, "conditions are much different. During the summer, when the sun is shining directly upon the temperate zones, these regions have cool weather because of the less intense heat from the sun, while the winters are mild because the districts are not subject to winds from the north. The reports of Dr. Abbott indicate that the solar radiation is low at present, and, if this condition continues, the summer will undoubtedly be cool with frequent rains and milder than usual...