Word: manner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...best days, its long-ago, pre-war (Civil War) days. Virginia revived its oldtime Governor's Ball in the Grays' Armory at Richmond. Everything was done, including smilax, minuets and no admission for whippersnappers until after the grand march, to make the affair savor of a vanishing grand manner...
...dais last week for the season's first Philadelphia Orchestra concert at the Academy of Music. But there was the same blond halo and the wildest acclaim Philadelphians permit themselves. Their prodigal was home and great was the rejoicing. He had had them worried.. All manner of mystic rumors had drifted in from his Far East trip. He would return. He would not return. He had been hypnotized by Indian and Javanese music. At best he could never come back the same...
...sixty so-called "maturity credits", the manner of obtaining which is not readily discernible from the article, implies the abolition of an integrated study in one field. Although provision is to be made for specialization during the last two years, it is not, on the one hand obligatory; and on the other. It may be carried so far as to exclude any courses outside the chosen field of the student...
...main purpose of the compilers of this volume has been to give an mpetus to American literature. They have most certainly brought together a remarkable collection of literary efforts. But it is not within our scope here to attempt to analyses them. Suffice it to say that all manner of writers have been represented, and that all manner of tastes can be catered to from within the two covers...
...sweeping epic style--and here again with a touch of human sympathy--one finds that justice has been a main chord. South and North, each has its turn--probably the reason both these sections of our country have acclaimed the book as a classic. A striking feature is the manner in which Benet handles such a wide field. One might say the war is dealt with in terms of various imaginary individuals and their reactions. This lends that personal touch which serves equally well as a main, solemn connecting thread through out the story and as a gripping bond with...