Word: disabusedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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An Old Armchair. The man in tweeds did not confine his operations to the young. He captivated Meta Berger, well-to-do widow of Victor Berger, first Socialist Congressman. Plump, motherly, highly respected Mrs. Berger was entranced by the eloquence of handsome, charming Eugene Dennis. He persuaded her to go...
Alienated from their religious tradition, from the America of the immigrants' illusion, and painfully disabused about each other, the characters of his stories seem brought to bay in the great supercivilized bewilderment of New York City. Often they are presented in a dimension of depth, two or three generations...
The thumping had a pulverizing effect even on those who, long ago, had disabused themselves of rose-colored notions, concerning R.C. Harlow and his merry band. A few hearts remained in spiringly stout until it was learned that a team from providence had convincingly defeated a team from New Haven...
With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas...
> "The men who are actually fighting this war are thinking about postwar problems. . . . Any idea that the men are only thinking about the end of the war and getting home would be disabused by a visit to any overseas station."