Word: finer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have only been a resident of Cincinnati for the past two years, but in that time have come to appreciate its many splendid qualities from every point of view. There is no city in the country, in my opinion, that has a more beautiful residential district, that has a finer American born population, or that shows an equal interest in music and the fine arts as does Cincinnati. In support of this, one of the most distinguished bishops in America, a citizen of New York, recently made the statement that Cincinnati is the outstanding cultural center of the United States...
...expected that inexperienced men will benefit by a thorough drilling in fundamentals as well as in the finer points and that those who have had experience will become more polished and adept...
That an undergraduate publication is qualified to speak with authority on the finer points of ethics in journalism is obviously open to doubt. Where, however, the issue is a more flagrant violation of a professional code than the worst advertisements of a medico, there seems no reason why any newspaper should be constrained to silence. The issue at point, while involving a tabloid paper in its local manifestation, is not to be classed with the usual frivolities of those publications; in brief, it concerns the statement, with no indication of doubt or other qualification, that a woman under sentence...
...most brilliant novel of its kind written in a decade." But this perhaps is partly due to the caution of critics who are afraid to have their discoveries forgotten. Author Kennedy is reaching high; more noticeable than ever is her sure and satisfying command of form. This is a finer novel than The Constant Nymph...
...Baker's friend, Secretary Munson Havens of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, is the author of a concise and accurate sketch of Mr. Baker: "His resemblance to Charles Lamb, Voltaire and Mephistopheles is amusing; but his eyes, if not finer, are more kindly than Satan's. He works all day and reads all night in law and literature. His garden abuts upon a golf course; but on Sunday (summer) afternoons he weeds, unperturbed by the passing of derisive foursomes. He is an author of the truest quality and his voice?a voice of liquid gold?is lent to every civic...