Word: crude
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mother of God has always been a transcendent inspiration in the world of Art. . . . From the beginning, Christian art has been the handmaiden of the Faith. In the crude and devout symbols of the Catacombs we find the beginnings of that astonishing religious art which flowered so splendidly in the religious consummation of the centuries we call medieval...
...early enthusiasm which greeted Harte's vigorous stories of the West has been replaced by no less immoderate scorn of their crude scenes and rough action. Abroad it is otherwise., "Even his detractors," writes Mr. Collins, "set Bret Harte in the same constellation with Poe and De Maupassant; and better balanced judges may look in vain for his superior in fire, originality, characterization, and range of power...
...Teagle stated that, under existing conditions, gasoline could be obtained more cheaply in many cases from fuel oil than from crude petroleum. But fuel oil has been so extensively taken up of late that it is now sold in direct competition with coal. In consequence, the going price of fuel oil depends to a considerable extent on the current price for coal. From this it follows that the price of gasoline, too, depends somewhat on coal prices...
...every other candidate. Trouble with Bob is, he's too crude about...
Churchill. Following ex-Premier Herbert H. Asquith's blunt excoriation of the Anglo-Russian Treaty as "a crude experiment in nursery diplomacy," Winston Churchill, brilliant factotum to Governments, whose political credo now transcends mere party politics (he seceded from the Liberals and is denied membership with the Conservatives), presented a clear picture of the predominant issue of the generally envisaged general elections. Said he, speaking at Edinburgh...