Word: epochally
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Trotzky, Commissar of War: "We are entering on an epoch of aggressive development of American militarism which follows the same policy of expansion as pre-war German militarism. . . . In reality, American capitalism and its militarism are the sole cause of the World's unbalanced state and anarchy. United States militarism is now rising as an offensive, unruly and destructive force, carrying by its advance bloody coups d'etats and commotions...
...with all the life in the characters, with all the movements of the story, the audience never held its breath so intently as when Bishop and Earl were discovering for each other the deep, the epoch-opening significance of Joan's dismissal of clergy and peerage. Discourse political and religious held the stage for minutes on end, but the attention of the listeners was fixed as if it had been heartthrobs and anguish. These were to have their sway later on, for although "Saint Joan" is indeed a controversy, it is before that a play. Those who prefer Shaw...
...this course the biographies of the separate composers will be treated in relation to the musical and literary influences of the epoch, but the primary material for discussion will be afforded by the works of the composers themselves. It is futile to study the music of any period from books, except in so far as they corroborate the internal evidence of the music itself...
...communities as editors? William Allen White [Emporia, Kan.] is the shining example. In Columbus, Georgia, Julian Harris, struggling bravely with his Enquirer-Sun, bids fair to 'become for the South what 'Bill' White is for the prairies. . . . On the coast there is Fremont Older, lone survivor of a bygone epoch, who by virtue of his character, repute and personal following maintains an exceptional autonomy under Hearst ownership. There are the Scripps-Howard papers, a notable chain of twenty-six dailies in large and medium-sized cities, where the central editorial control is the slightest, and the editor of each paper...
...When shall we get into communication with Mars? Why perhaps the Martians already have tried at the epoch of the iguanodon and the dinosaur and got tired...