Word: dwelt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dessert, there was Palmiro Togliatti, who appeared in person to make a fiery speech in which he dwelt smugly on Russia's possession of the atomic bomb. After the boss's speech, the carnival ended in a burst of fireworks, followed by glowing reports from the party treasury that the Florence carnival had boosted the total sum collected for the Communist press beyond 300 million lire (slightly less than half a million dollars...
Fighting his way back to the cool present. Vag felt as though some one had just taken away his popcorn at the start of a double feature. The library had to close but time was of no matter to him. Neither was thought, and be dwelt deliciously on the experience. Never had he felt more perfectly in tune with his surroundings, and he made a mental note to tell his barber all about it. But no time for that now--the barbershop was closed, and more important, his aesthetic experience had been interrupted. Throwing the tie around his neck, searl...
...CRIMSON? I don't know where your reporter got the notion that I said that Emerson and Thoreau were "subjects of persecution when they attempted to speak out 'for peace and liberty.'" I made no such remark. My speech at the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace dwelt on the aspects of the American tradition most valuable for the world today and cited specifically Emerson's internationalism, Thoreau's determination to stand on principle in resistance to what he deemed an imperialistic war against Mexico, and Melville's and Whitman's conception of the heroic potentialities of the common...
...there was considerable, in some cases, strong dissatisfaction with lack of variety in individual foods, frequency of starchy foods, preparation of various dishes, and temperature of hot foods. Comments dwelt on the coffee, lack of fruit juices, and lack of imagination in planning and service...
First of all, the ever-truthful films dwelt lovingly on the play of sophomore end Dike Hyde. Twice Nelson stopped the film to point out Hyde as the latter disposed of up to three Yales at a clip. His offensive work was almost flawless...