Word: keen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other hand, Mr. Hutton's keen perception of what will happen once war starts marks his work as a highly plausible piece of political prophecy. More than this, the keen appreciation of the highly unstable situation created in Central Europe by a power-crazed Fanatic makes Survey after Munich interesting and thought-provoking reading for anyone interested in the preservation of world peace...
...general, we prefer to have the University economize, if necessary, in the salaries of the highest paid ranks in order to enhance the security and provide a better living wage for its younger men, and to maintain in the higher ranks the sense of competition which is so keen in the lower...
...justly proud of his accomplishments, can only hope that a desire to use his talents where they were more needed dictated his retirement from the bench. For, at a time when democracy looks to defend itself from the onslaughts of bigotry and intolerance, the complete loss of the keen mind and tremendous ability of Louis Brandeis would be irreparable...
Mainly concerned with the news behind the political and military front, Hay took note, however, of many a minor picturesque happening, such as the visit of a temperance delegation, "looking blue & thin in the keen autumnal air," or the tantrums of Mrs. Lincoln ("The Hell-cat is getting more Hell-cattical day by day."). Except where it touches Lincoln, the main note of his diary is one of caustic or amused astonishment, particularly toward Generals McClellan ("the little Napoleon . . . afraid either to fight or run") and Benjamin Butler ("His ignorance of war leads him constantly to require impossibilities from...
...Personal conviction is not enough . . . only keen and constant vigilance, determination and readiness for sacrifice of each and all of us can render us secure against such a fate as that which we see with out eyes spreading over Europe," Einstein wired...