Word: manner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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General Stilwell, as his memoirs manifest, was neither polemicist nor stylist, but in his own unembellished manner he has expressed the very acute problem which remains to plague us even at the present. How may we, in our anxiety to triumph over an enemy, insure that we do not become identified with an equally reprehensible and unregenerate ally ? The current issue over Communism has come down to us from the wartime practices in which we sought to strengthen an ally now become an enemy...
...catching situation, always vital to a team and usually dubious in college ball, has ironed itself out quite nicely. Cliff Crosby, who whaled the ball in the south before collecting an injury, has returned to the lineup in explosive manner, collecting basehits wholesale and standing at the top of the Crimson batters currently with a .478 average. It remains to be seen whether he can handle his pitchers well under pressure...
Winter sports enthusiasts cannot coast down a street on a sled without the mayor's permission, and even pedestrians are restricted. "No person," says one law, "shall remain for a longer time than 20 minutes upon a sidewalk in such a manner as to obstruct the free passage of foot travelers," and anyone who is still lottering five minutes after being told to leave by a policeman, is liable for arrest...
...Although some objections have been raised as to the manner in which the NSA election has been run," Weeks stated, "the Council feels that, after looking into the various causes for complaint, there is not sufficient cause for a second election...
...consistent or serious point of view. She throws away good lines, looks foolish when she tries to act silky, and frequently seems lost in the part, In her biggest dramatic scenes she turns her role from an illusion to a mass of words by forcing her voice and manner. Miss Cornell's tricks and gestures, effective in other roles, show her in this supreme part as not a great tragic actress after...