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Word: crudely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Nibelungenleid, it has been said, is the Iliad of the Germanic races, and this comparison, though only a general one, never the less comes close to the truth. Granted that it is crude in some parts and lacks the balance and proportion of the Homeric epic, yet, says Professor J. G. Robertson, "neither in the Iliad nor the Odyssey--nowhere, indeed, in the epic poetry of any people--has the tragic movement of events been depicted upon such a sublime scale as in the second part of the Nibelimgen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 10/20/1926 | See Source »

...barbarian collection has 21 fur deals curiously decorated and constructed as one of the features of his display; Arctic whips, boots, sled fixtures, and crude musical instruments add interest to this exhibit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PEABODY MUSEUM ACQUIRES PRIMITIVE CURIOSITIES | 10/18/1926 | See Source »

...justification of elections, referenda, and majority rule is not the wisdom of the multitude, much less its omniscience, but the pressing necessity of devising some crude makeshift whereby decisions can be reached which the people will accept...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLITICAL FUND AMENTALISM IS REPUDIATED BY MUNRO | 10/1/1926 | See Source »

...help regarding this feature as a solid dramatic virtue in the play and its author. In the third place, the play exhibits an obvious ambition to become sententious, on social custom, on love. Since there are enough appropriate chartreuse to utter these side remarks, they become entertaining without becoming crude; and add to the life of the piece as rendered by the Copley players...

Author: By G. K. W., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 9/30/1926 | See Source »

...shrub must be cut down and pulverized to extract these particles, less than a pound to each bush. None the less, President George H. Carnahan of the Continental Rubber Co., showed that guayule plantations totaling only 1,000 sq. mi. would supply 25% of this country's annual crude rubber requirements. Californians are planting guayule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chemists | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

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