Word: enigmas
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...visions of a lean, ferocious individual thirsting for infidel blood and who would neither be tempted by the movies nor have any difficulties over the size of the seats if he did frequent them. But the recollection of another item of news from Turkey goes far to explain the enigma. No doubt it was the abolition of the harems some years ago that enabled the Turkish male to discard his savage mien and fighting figure. With but one wife to engage his attentions, he can afford to neglect his diet and yield to the less violent diversions of the cinema...
...rather difficult to know just what this particular ass meant by "outside reading." A certain amount of reading was assigned to be done outside of the class and why one should consider any of this reading as more outside than the rest of it is somewhat of an enigma. Furthermore, if this particular creature had gone to the lectures, he would have found that at least three of the questions on the examination were covered in the lectures...
Facile Andre Maurois, biographer in the new imaginative manner, brings a foreigner's sympathy to Benjamin Disraeli, Jew, enigma, suspect; gauges his ambition, lists the obstacles, counts the defeats, shows that Disraeli learned to temper his brilliance with patience until at last, aged and broken, he attained "the top of the slippery pole" of politics...
...Denied duty-free admission as a work of art, it had been subjected to a tax of $229.35, more than a third of what Purchaser Steichen had paid for it. Appealing the decision, Purchaser Steichen appeared in court accompanied by experts who would support his claim that the bright enigma was a work...
Soundly and sufficiently autobiographical, the story is told in the mills. Hard-muscled, Author Walker does not care. He offers an important enigma, not a smart conundrum with the solution on the last page. Instead, at the bottom of the last page: "Dirty Reed interrupted, 'New jobs,' he began, 'new bosses-' " first person. Avoiding the vanity of this approach, Author Walker uses his pronoun mainly as a lens for objective experiences. For reader as for Harris Burnham's fiancée, there is resentment against his preoccupation with factories...