Word: curtly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seniors and spindling freshmen alike are warned by fingershaking teachers or pleading editorials not to defile the newly-grown grass, not to sully instantly with careless feet what Mother Nature has taken months to produce, or not to muddy ground that was green. These expressions are assimilated into one curt thought: Do Not Walk on the Grass...
Most Senators and Representatives critical of the President's Supreme Curt Plan and labor policies attended, for not to attend, barring a good excuse, was tantamount to a break with the New Deal. Among absentees were Senators Glass, George, Burke, Gerry, Sheppard, Copeland, King, Donahey, Holt, Bilbo...
...persevering, peppery researcher, Kenneth Roberts digs through piles of books and documents to get his facts, fills the margins of his source books with curt comments: "He's a liar. . . . Nuts. . . . Untrue. . . . The louse judgment of a literary louse. . . . What an ass!" He never hesitates to disagree with the knaves or fools who have smudged history's pages, and as he takes his belligerent way through their ranks they are constantly knocking the chip off his shoulder. This attitude has led Author Roberts into some historic underdog fights, notably in the case of Benedict Arnold (Rabble in Arms...
...pamphlet, An Exchange of Letters,* which critics recognized as belonging with such classic literary rebukes as Zola's J'Accuse. Like most such spontaneous expressions of intellectual integrity, An Exchange of Letters was called into being by a relatively small occasion. Last December Dr. Mann received a curt note from the Frederick-William University, of Bonn, stating that since "Herr Thomas Mann, writer," had lost his citizenship, the University was obliged to withdraw its honorary degree. Author Mann's reply to this last straw was first published in the Nation, was reprinted by his U. S. publisher...
...explore the contents of Foreign Policy Reports (nongovernmental, non-business), published twice a month by Foreign Policy Association. Inc., No. 8 West 40th Street, New York City. Am re-reading that of May 15, 1936, on the U. S. Balance of International Payments. Like TIME, it is clear, curt, complete; essential reading for the alert citizen who wants to know the facts. The boost for Foreign Policy Association is merely incidental: I am not a member. RALPH W. WESCOTT...