Word: grinding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Milk facial baths are not necessary. Rain water and a wild chestnut brew can be substituted. Expert Romer's chestnut recipe: "Peel the chestnuts, dry and grind them, then boil them. Use the broth thus concocted. This is a great cleanser...
...dead applause, hoping "their public" will call them back to the boards. Not very attractive material, but the French don't seem to worry about the superficial aesthetics of their pictures. They just brush up some sure-fire actors, plaster them with depressing make-up, and let the cameras grind. In the really good French films, they create an aesthetic standard all their own. This standard, grim and gory, vaguely reminiscent of some wind-swept parts of Wagner, is like a bucketful of cold water when it hits an American audience bottle-fed on the soothing cream of Hollywood...
Lest you forget, however, "The University" also had an axe to grind...
...Largo" is a play with an axe to grind. Plot and cast are subordinate to the grinding. So is the entertainment value. But with such men as McClintic, Mielziner, and Muni at the helm of the production, the element of entertainment is far from gone. McClintic and Mielziner are up to standard,--that is praise enough. As for Paul Muni, he's been sun-bathing out in the wilderness of California far too long. He belongs on the stage. He belongs in front of an audience he can feel and which in turn can feel the dynamite of his personality...
...most Freshmen, academics will be a hard grind from now until after midyear examinations, next February. Family, faculty advisors, and upperclassmen friends all say "Make a good impression. Work hard now if you never do again." And obedient Yardlings--too many of them--languish long afternoons and evenings in Boylston Hall, a little awed by the lecture method of teaching, more than a little worried by the inevitable unfinished History 1 assignments, sincerely terrified by the prospect of November and Midyear examinations. Most Freshmen, in other words, are too conscientious...