Word: eviler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...single blessedness in order that the Middle Western husband may be relieved of his unloving wife, who is one of Mr. Perkins' none too restrained admirers. In the end, the situation is saved through the brilliance of Miss Bates; and it is delicious to observe the triumph of evil pleasantry over calm resolution, because the calm resolution gives way to consternation, and the evil pleasantry retains its philosophic if not obvious, calm...
...easy to understand why the professor should sometimes adopt the procedure he does. He believes that by so doing he prevents those who have gone to the tutoring bureaus from getting a good grade in the course. But the evil connected with the system is that if he has delivered a killing blow to the Widow's patrons, he may at the same fell swoop, have hurt those average students who have been steadily working during the term...
...grew up, moved to London, argued in restaurants. Theodore was introduced to some real facts of life by one Rachel Bernstein, but he fell in love with Margaret, continued to argue with her. But the real influence in Theodore's life was the Bulpington of Blup, his romantic evil genius. When the Great War came Teddy Broxted angrily turned conscientious objector and went to jail. Margaret sympathized with him; but Theodore, after a long shillyshally, enlisted, muttering all the catchwords of the day. Loudmouthed, cowardly, Theodore ran away during an attack, was saved from a firing party only...
...educational institution than any removal of their names from a list would accomplish. Such colleges in any case attract a definite type of man who is not primarily a student, and they will continue to attract this type regardless of outside attacks on their scholastic standing. The whole evil is but a part of the general American glorification of athletics, a popular fancy which finds a convenient outlet in certain colleges...
...This theory," he continued, "of which capitalism is merely one interpretation, is at last slowly losing ground. We are beginning to analyze the good and evil implications of the philosophy of competition...