Word: jot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...passionate pilgrim or a fervent admirer of the sheer literary skill of slender, drooping, cynical Mr. Huxley. Here he is less cynical than usual, for he is traveling, enjoying himself, not trying particularly to be clever. In Rotterdam, Mantua, Siena, Munich, Monte Carlo, he idly employs his notebook to jot notes which will keep his warm coat of culture sleek and glossy. He takes the usual liberties?writing about his spectacles, the books he takes, Why Not Stay Home, etc.?but still he is Mr. A. Huxley, one of the more intelligent phrasemakers of our time...
France and Italy shall profit not a jot by the easy terms accorded Belgium, if Mr. Coolidge has his way. They will be examined impartially as to paying power, and then fitted out with an inflexible outfit of liquidation terms, cut along a take-it-or-leave-it Yankee pattern...
...impressed with the fact that he is at heart a Puritan. He exudes stern morality. He is obviously a good mixer and not prejudiced at all. It is quite evident the moment one has shaken his hand, that what he says of a man in print means not one jot or tittle of what his eyes might say to that man when they meet. This was the first time I had shaken hands with Mr. Sherman, sage from the Middle West, now editor of Books. His philosophies I bow to. His essays seem to me sane and brilliant, while...
...nothing notably narrow about his range. And Mr. Samuel suddenly woke Bach up. He has slumbered too long under the smothering solemnity of his acolytes. He has been too much studied and too much feared. Mr. Samuel is not at all afraid of him, yet lacks not a jot of respect for the genius of Leipsig. He treats him with skill, with feeling, with sympathy...
...last week a unique memory contest. To the 10,000 citizens who stood about the Mall listening to the orchestra which the City engages to entertain melodylovers, pieces of paper and sharp lead pencils were distributed. As the band played extracts from 100 different selections, the game was to jot down the name of the selection. The results were surprising in their excellence; almost all the scores were creditable. "How do you account for it?" an official was asked. "The movies," said he. "They teach people music. The day has gone by when the girl at the piano could play...