Word: insights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...charge of murder, only to find both man and wife members of a harsh crowd of criminals. Eventually he escapes from his dilemma by sending the wife to jail for five years and planning to have the sentence quickly cut down. Such proceedings call for no small amount of insight and ingenuity to make them credible. A good deal has been supplied, but not enough. The play works itself up to a pitch of considerable excitement and then subsides, fizzling feebly. Robert Ames, who sometimes acts in the movies, availed himself ably of the opportunities of the leading part...
...have dealt with Miss Mullen will ever forget her--her wavy gray hair, her keen eyes, her sharp outspokenness, her unconcealed contempt of all that is slovenly and inaccurate, her passion for work perfectly done, her boundless delight in flowers, her merciless insight, her royally generous and merciful heart...
...enthusiastic sentiments are sincere nothing is lost and very likely something's gained, since insight into undergraduate tastes is interesting if nothing else. What seduces the young reviewer is the attitude and opinions of his olders. For a youthful critic to enter into a rhapsody over "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" merely because it is highly commended by those who ought to know and not because it seems to him an extremely well written book is an unfortunate example of plagiarism. The Algonquin circle may like it; the higher literati may like it; but if this particular book...
...higher rate, in fact, than any other place in the country. In a region where life is nothing but beautiful girls in bathing suits, and sunny days, existence was too exquisitely delightful, and people were killing themselves out of pure joy on every hand. But Mr. Linden with remarkable insight saw that strangers who were not familiar with lithographic sections might attribute these wilful demises to other motives, and not settle in the city. So Bernick went to Los Angeles, penned his explanation and turned...
...presence of the Congreve comedies, however, and of minor delicacies of the seventeenth century such as the pastoral ruminations of Cowley and the sundry writings of the Marquis of Halifax make English 50b not only informative but oftentimes entertaining. Professor Greenough, possessing a very human insight into what appears at time to be a mouldy enough age, is an excellent guide. With him the student may enjoy the brilliance of Restoration Comedy and even come to appreciate the state of mind which finds Dryden exhilarating...