Word: dialecticism
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It takes the full first act for this sextet to become acquainted; then, one at a time, the colonels spend the next act trying to seduce the princess with the help of the demon and against the concentrated efforts of the angel. This plot is not bad. But there is...
Despising them as misfits on life's remainder counter, Hardcaster nonetheless loads them up with atrocity yarns and heroic bilge till they glow with vicarious martyrdom. In but not of the circle of worshippers is a rather decent couple, Victor and Margot Stamp, who keep turning up like good...
Romantic Filibuster. The Prairie Giant fell with a crash that reverberated through the social circles of the capital. Summoning all his demagogue's dialectic and caucus cunning, Senator Ratcliffe sets out to filibuster Mrs. Lee out of her heart, her hand and her income. As the senatorial courtship wheezes...
In Moscow, the Boss's son warmed up with dialectic ballyhoo for Soviet Air Forces Day. Declaring that the Russians had invented the airplane and the helicopter, Lieut. General Vasily Stalin, 30, zoomed further into the wild blue yonder. Said he: "How miserable and colorless are the air shows...
Robert Bierstedt, University of Illinois professor of sociology, was asked to criticize a manuscript, list possible improvements, estimate sales, suggest the effects of popularization-all for $30. "My fee," replied Bierstedt, "has gone up to $100." Sorry, said the publisher, we can't afford it: we contribute to scholarship...