Word: frigid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...decided to ask the Duke & Duchess to lunch. It seemed certain that Mrs. Roosevelt would be away on a lecture tour. At latest reports the President seemed to be waiting for U. S. opinion to crystallize, the higher officials of the British Embassy in Washington were icicles of frigid reserve, and cables from the Duke and Duchess had declined with thanks the Gridiron dinner and Women's Press Club invitations...
...Hillyer is a man who has long held that the roots of true poetry are thrust deep in the traditions of centuries. His is not the frigid, classical view of the pedant, however, for he knows that poetry changes with the decades. But poetry to him is sacred, and in an age of frantic, formless compositions whose only worth lies in the white heat at which they are forged, Mr. Hillyer's poetry strikes a sure note. A sincere consideration of "A Letter to Robert Frest and Others" proves that Mr. Hillyer's poetry will stand the test of time...
...Then, frigid patterns, sleep inviolate Within your glassy cells. Unkindly fate...
...scribbled an answer. "May I as one who has had the privilege of knowing you for many years, extend to you every good wish. Before you leave Washington for the summer it would give me great personal pleasure if you would come in to see me"-polite, noncommittal, frigid. Unlike most similar letters, it was not addressed to "Dear Willis" but to "My dear Mr. Justice Van Devanter...
...result that the spirit of the times is once more captured and the reader can more easily understand the forces at work to create such a reign of terror. The hatred and intolerance of the straight-laced but hypocritical Puritans with their cast iron moral codes and their frigid attitude is set in striking contrast with the loyalty, the courage, and the affection of their brothers. The narrowness and prejudice of the Puritan mind is shown in a psychological light which reflects also on the more human members of the Salem colony...