Word: meanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...break, trees that kneel, faces and hands and walls that tilt with some interior volition- these he painted. To describe his paintings in this way is to speak principally of the thought that organized them; of his color critics have said "Tintoretto," of his fluidity "Byzantium." Whatever such words mean, let them stand. They are good tags because they mean little, explain nothing. No one has ever explained Dominico Theotocopuli. Neither arrogant nor humble, he loved arrogance and understood humility. He painted many gentlemen of Spain for their pride, their narrow hands, their pale and pointed faces, their ruffs...
...Here in America your best men are not in politics," he continued. "By this I do not mean to belittle American politics, but to say that the best executive minds of the country are bound up in the business of the nation, with the consequent wisdom and efficiency in its conduct. These executives are constantly striving to improve the economic welfare of the land, and so there is little need for agitation among the working classes themselves for reform or betterment of general conditions. All this is handled by the business brains of the country that are always active...
...subscriber to your paper and value its unique features and the quite independent way in which you handle men and affairs. Naturally, mistakes will creep into a publication dealing with a multitude of matters, so I do not mean to be critical of you in this connection, but simply place the facts before you, so that you may do justice to a much maligned man in a later issue...
...President Coolidge suggested a fortnight ago (TIME, Nov. 15) that the surplus be used to make a 10% or 12% refund on income and corporation taxes payable in 1926 for incomes of the calendar year 1925. This would mean that 90% of the income taxpayers would receive refunds ranging from 11? to $1.69; the richer 10% would, of course, get proportionately larger benefits. The President's plan, hastily precipitated by the elections, caused some rejoicing in Republican ranks but served chiefly to stimulate criticism and other surplus-removal schemes...
...mean I'll give...