Word: devoid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Scientists," writes "One of Them," "are the mercenaries of modern warfare. Almost wholly devoid of humanitarian impulses, they consider their cold and analytical search for scientific knowledge more important than any current affairs of mere mortals. If a scientist is given a chance to pursue his line of research unmolested, he doesn't care about the type of government he is working under, or the condition of the people, or anything else. Science is the thing, not people...
...youthful indiscretion. Whether or not such repetition dulls French sensibilities, however, the lack of such basic themes in the Hollywood (or British) repertoire will insure a warm reception here, especially since that theme has been thoroughly seasoned with earthy humor unknown to the conventional dramatist and with backgrounds totally devoid of artificiality. Incidentally, the English titling is excellent...
...your troubles and a lot of other women would feel awfully sorry for you"). In rebuttal Morgan told the court: "My wife is a member of the Communist Party, and I personally have seen her membership card ... I have come to the reluctant conclusion that she is entirely devoid of a sense of humor...
Among the actors, Robert Cipes, Fritz Lamont, and Jeanne Melchior, are the most believable, probably in part because their comparatively minor roles are comparatively devoid of pronunciamentos. That most of the others are talented was evident last night at scattered intervals. The Dramatic Club should take more care not to submerge such abilities, as well as those of John Holabird and Emory Niles, who respectively accomplished the reasonably attractive sets and lighting, under such an unfortunately, chosen play as "The Survivors...
...face the unpleasant fact that Russia used them too. Now Gliksman, who found himself in a Siberian labor camp after Poland was carved up by Hitler and Stalin, tells the story of that experience with a better chance of attention. The book is an unadorned record of human suffering devoid of literary flourish...