Word: matter-of-fact
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...sentences, Critic Edmund Wilson has worked out the most intelligible interpretation of the book, supported by Joyce's own statement that, as Ulysses is a Dublin day, Finnegans Wake is a Dublin night. The long confused passages in which people change shape, the speeches that sound matter-of-fact but turn out to be gibberish, the flights, pursuits, embarrassing situations which are oddly taken for granted-all these are not mere plays on words or literary jokes; they are dreams...
...best romantic version are Author Bernard's descriptions of Tibet-a more spectacular Arizona-and of magnificent Tibetan handicraft and art works. But even realists are likely to gag at his matter-of-fact details of Tibetan life: of monks who take special pride in a lifetime's grime that encrusts their golden robes; of communal toilets in open streets; of Tibetan burials, in which corpses are coiled as at birth, then hacked to pieces and fed to vultures...
...Quiet, matter-of-fact, smiling was Prosecutor Dewey as he rose to sum up the State's case before the blue-ribbon jury. Although Tom Dewey's first attempt at pinning Jimmy Hines had ended in a mistrial and given the defense a complete preview of his case, although his star witness. Numbers Racketeer George Weinberg, had committed suicide before he could be brought back to the stand, Tammanyman Hines and his counsel had seemed unable to press their advantage. Nevertheless, even confident Tom Dewey was pleasantly surprised when the jury returned less than seven hours after...
...Children in the democracy were more cooperative, friendly and matter-of-fact with each other...
...last September, was Commander Francis Wilton Reichelderfer, U. S. N., an able, earnest meteorologist whose experiences include flying in Navy airplanes, dirigibles and racing balloons, taking part in the search for Amelia Earhart, furnishing weather information (from Lisbon) for the historic transatlantic flight of the NC-4. Quiet, matter-of-fact, Commander Reichelderfer likes dancing, music, an occasional cocktail, spends much time reading up on new developments in weather science...