Word: enlightenement
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...correspondent C. R. Myre, M. D. [who invited TIME'S editors to go to Hell where "there is no post office"] might be surprised some day to receive his warm compliments returned, from the editors of TIME, plainly postmarked HELL. In the unscorched letter the editor probably will enlighten Mr. Myre by telling him that there is a nice little postoffice in Hell, the name of a delightful village in Norway. Further, the doctor will perhaps read that this real Hell is not a hot spot, but well worth visiting...
Efforts to enlighten the outraged and idealistic admiral would probably be wasted, against the overwhelming odds of 47 years spent in the Navy, and the imposing and dignified status of "Admiral U.S.N. retired...
...letter mentions John Charles Thomas, who is under my management and refers with caustic criticism to his recent disappointment of an audience, I feel called upon to enlighten the writer of that letter as to the circumstances under which such disappointments occur...
...legislators, busy setting an all-time record of introducing nearly 2,500 bills in 132 days, relaxed when the chickadee resolution came up. Senator George McNeill of Fayetteville trooped over to the State museum, brought back a stuffed chickadee to enlighten his urban colleagues. Senator Capus Waynick, editor of the High Point Enterprise, listened to Senator Hill's imitative calls, rose up to declare that the Carolina mockingbird was a better singer. In the House someone told Salisbury's veteran Representative Walter Pete Murphy that the chickadee eats insects. "For God's sake," cried...
Although somewhat hardened to TIME'S well-known but inane penchant for stressing the physical peculiarities of personages named in its columns, I cannot possibly comprehend how you can justify the utter cruelty of the sentences above quoted. Perhaps you will enlighten...