Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present a difficult and controversial subject . . . with a sort of Olympian understanding and detachment, and perhaps a sublime tolerance . . . But . . . isn't there a misprint under the picture [by Artzybasheff] ? Shouldn't it be "We Are Getting to the Bottom...
...given us your source of information as to Euripides' intentions. Since his Medea was played by a husky male whose head was encased in the huge mask-apparatus, whose stature was increased by the kothornos, and whose hieratic vestments excluded any suggestion or realism, it is difficult to imagine-except in terms of Salvador Dali-the effect which you suggest...
...called the ethical problem one of the most difficult for the lawyer, and cited several cases where the ethical problem was puzzling...
When and under what circumstances it will become fruitful to resume negotiations with the Russians is a difficult matter of judgment. Truman and his party, I feel, are more likely to probe this matter carefully than would be the Republicans. The Vinson gesture was abortive because the President failed to clear it with the Secretary of State, with our principal allies, and with the Republican representatives of a policy which must continue to be bi-partisan. If it had been so cleared, there is much to be said for the proposed action. It indicates, I think, that the President, while...
...likes to tell about a Bible study group in Germany that had begun with Genesis and doggedly plowed clear through to Ezekiel. Asked an impressed visitor: "Don't you find Ezekiel terribly difficult?" Replied one Bible student: "Yes-but what we don't understand, we explain to each other...