Word: flatly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...members believe that the revolution is directed against the British. The jokes about France's War debt, the mental incompetence of voters, the uselessness of the Vice-Presidency,* which made Of Thee I Sing so amusing, are all reworked for Let 'em Eat Cake. They fall quite flat. So do George Gershwin's antiphonal choral numbers which have grown longer and more tedious' since he first used them in Strike Up the Band (1927). Brother Ira Gershwin's flair for writing silly repetitive lyrics no longer seems a sprightly burlesque of all lyric-writing...
...Laguardia's plans reveal a menace to our national institution, and a threat to the cardinal principles of American life." Only an unusual sense of restraint seems to have held back Holy Joe from adding a clarion call to the defense of American motherhood and the sanctity of the flat. No doubt, however, McKee's move took Laguardia by surprise, as it is questionable if he even recollects joining Professor Dewey's party, which intends sweeping to power under a flag of pale cerise...
Between Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia (Russian sphere of influence) lies the vast Inner Mongolian plateau, a flat wilderness of grass ruled by hairy, fur-clad Mongol princes under the nominal overlordship of China's Nanking Government. Last month from every corner of Chahar and Suiyuan Provinces the princes of Mongolia left their herds of horses, camels and sheep to ride toward the great Lama Temple at Bathahalak, 100 mi. north of Kweihwa. In a little valley they found it, an exquisite cluster of white Manchu buildings, gold-crested pinnacles, infested by bearded monks. They set up their fur yurts...
...most striking difference in the Japanese style was the complete isolation of the arm from the rest of the body. In the forward stroke, the shoulder, instead of following the arm, remained almost stationary. This caused the body to lie flat in the water, and the consequent lack of rolling was instrumental in accelerating their speed. The downward pull of the arm through the water was shortened, and the recovery made faster. This resulted in both arms being in the water at the same down; with two sources of power instead of one, speed increased immensely...
...Russian border, and rehabilitation of a few dismantled fortresses, would have admittedly have satisfied him; but Sir John Simon, seemingly unimaginative, withheld his cooperation, and withdrawal was the Nazi alternative. Perhaps Sir John, and Mr. Henderson, were justified in their refusal, but it is difficult to condone their flat opposition to Mussolini's compromise...