Word: impetuses
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...necessary to the success of the play that the polotical and social innuendo strike home. The fascinating tangles of the plot and the satire wrapped up in it, are quite sufficient. Jane Cowl, aspiring all the time to the first ladyship, throws the political impetus to her loathed rival's husband, thinking thereby to tie her down to a deadweight and keep her from taking up with a live possibility. The rival's husband is a stodgy jurist who spends his time writing minority decisions and listening to the Woops radio hour, but he is endeared to the public...
...knows how rumours get round or what impetus is given them or why, nor is rumour the important point. The important point to my mind is that while contractual relationships between Imperial Airways and the Government are under discussion and you and 1 are the negotiating parties, any discussion and for understanding between us on matters affecting our individual and personal interests are most undesirable. I know you agree with the ethics of this point...
...significant that the final impetus in Harvard's steady progress toward a position in the vanguard of world education has come during the short life of the Associated Harvard Clubs. The work of this group of interested alumni is characterized not only by generous contributions, but by the wise direction of these funds into useful channels. Typical are the Lionel de Jersey scholarship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the appointment of an athletic director some years...
...about San Francisco except the colorful life of Italian fishermen along the waterfront, Helen Wills's triumph, achieved in the distant and mysteriously exciting East, minimized her own victory. It also opened vistas of a glamorous future and Helen Jacobs decided to emulate it. What gave this decision impetus was that when Helen Wills's coach at last arranged a game between the two girls. Helen Wrills won 6-0 in seven minutes. What gave the decision its subsequent importance was the odd chance that Helen Wills went on to become the greatest woman player in the world...
Your complete article and photograph of Father Coughlin makes a distinct impression on me (TIME, July 27). One is "Oh what patience has our Holy Father at Rome." Second is that when any man calls our President a liar, especially a man in high places, he distinctly gives impetus to law-breaking and Communism...