Word: gamut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sincere account of the mental and psychic struggles of its author in these isles of illusion. It is not easy to define the intangible something that led and kept him there. Cursed with an introspective and sensitive mind, and possessed of a goodly amount of fastidiousness, he ran a gamut of hope, disgust, and despair in which he found little relief and small comfort. His native wife proved a temporary and fallacious hope, and soon passed with other phases of his experience. And yet at the end comes a note of peace. As he gazes at the moonlit surf...
Gloria Swanson: "In the love nest scene for Zaza, my new picture, I broke a record by remaining in tears for five consecutive hours. I ran the whole gamut of emotions, passing rapidly from hate to frenzy, mockery to jealousy and then to bitter contrition...
Sincere, Vague. In New York the eleventh annual convention of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce heard discussions of a wide gamut of present-day business and economic problems. In addition to the general sessions devoted to such broad topics as railroads, European affairs and transportation, many sessions of special groups reviewed the more specific subjects of agricultural credits, modern insurance, the conservation of natural resources, coal, oil and rubber. Even methods of obtaining better postmasters were exhaustively considered. The convention expressed itself as favoring a World Court, an economic conference to settle European affairs and a slight relaxation...
...general tendency, no trend, no norm. Some of the poets are venturing into that dubious region that lies mid way between prose and verse; others stand immovable with their backs to the safe wall of the old classic verse forms; still others are running the whole gamut between the two extremes. It is a day of experiment and confusion, where tradition has lost its authority, and where revolt has not yet proved its predominance...
Humphrey was stellar performer during the second frame. Dodging and dribbling, the University point ran the gamut of the entire visiting seven and reached the mark before the Nassau goal-guard was awake to his danger. It was the first tally this season for the former Milton star, and is indicative of tremendous strides which he has been making in effectiveness since the opening contest against King's College...