Word: lavishing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trying a little too hard to see exclusively out of the rose colored half of his bifocals. In a recent article in the North American Review he vigorously applauds the decision among hosts of undergraduates to devote only a compulsory minimum of time to their studies and lavish the remainder upon outside activities. He makes the plausible statement that the prepondering majority of college students have not the capacity to pursue bookish knowledge. Certainly there is support for this view, but there is also an increasing body of evidence that the development of such a capacity is not beyond...
...three--look at this-Richard Dix and Ruth Elder in "Moran of the Marines" a zestful, rollicking romance-comedy, George Bernard Shaw giving a sparkling, intimate interview and Chic Sale in a clowning bit, both thru the Fox Movietone--Gene Rodemich and the Publix Playboy Band in a lavish stageical and musical revue--de luxe--especially concocted by Boris Petroff--and too many other things to mention here--all in honor of the third marvelous anniversary of the "Showplace of All New England" a de luxe Publix Theatre--it's going...
...think they do, and they're going to get it. They will not be led by the fashion of the moment. The bug of specialization has bit the colleges, and the average undergraduate is too firm in his own mind, or too solicitous for his own welfare to lavish time and ability on a multitude of matters that do not yield him a definite, tangible return. There may be nine-and-sixty ways of constructing tribal lags, but nowadays people choose one and stick to it, confident that every single one of them is right...
...hands and appeared at the ball. She half-expected to be the butt of jibes and ridicule. To her amazement she found herself the hit of the evening. Her triumph was so overwhelming that it aroused the jealousy of fair countesses and members of the social set who expended lavish sums on their toilettes for the evening. Journalists flocked about her, cabled abroad the news of her mauve hair. Next day pastel locks were the rage. Madame Charlotte liked hers so well on second thought that she decided to keep them so always...
...back, and again the same spirit of general good humore runs through the show. You feel all the time that the cast is having as good a time as you are--perhaps--better, although that is hard to understand. The sets are what the crities are went to call lavish, and that is as good a word...