Word: glorious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sorrowfully forced to admit that humanity's experience during its unceasing and glorious march across the thunderous pages of history should impart to the citizens of our great Republic this enduring truth: "Never underestimate the power of a clich...
...glorious day, G.I.s had revenge. But black-marketeers had the last word. Three days after the switch, they were doing a brisk business in the new scrip, at the old price: 3,500 hwan for $10 MPC (new issue...
...Reason Why, by Cecil Woodham-Smith. Best and most fascinating account to date of the most glorious snafu in military history: the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava (TIME...
...Flaubert seems always to have his sympathies with his two befuddled heroes. The follies of Bouvard and Pecuchet are pitiable but not hateful. Accepted as men of mediocre capabilities, the limited success that they do have is a glorious triumph. In comparison to the other characters in the book, their enlightenment is a miracle and their learning, shallow as it is, approaches the profound. Bouvard and Pecuchet are loyal friends, and for Flaubert, friendship is a virtue. Therefore, although these two heroes are the vehicle for some of the author's bitterest comments on the bourgeoisie, they...
With these simple facts in mind, any slogan is fair game. As a sort of preliminary warm up, you might try, "After seeing the star-studded cast of Rose Marie in Cinemascope, I want to see Canada's magnificent wonderland of adventure, scene of this glorious spectacle," Although this is a good, solid try of exactly twenty-five words, it lacks any insight into your own personality. A better attempt would be, "A great film in a great natural setting; thrilling, beautiful, cacophonous Canada stirs my imagination beyond limits of the United States; i.e., Niagara Falls." Merely by the insertion...