Word: mild
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan, sarcastic Mr. Lewis retorted: "Surely the mild-mannered Mr. Green is not going to march 3,000,000 members of the American Federation of Labor against an equal number of the Committee for Industrial Organization! He might be charged with disturbing the peace. Or some member of the ladies' auxiliary of the Transport Workers might hit him with a powder puff...
...compelling exhibition of bluff, whimsical idealism. Lillian Gish portrays girlhood and harassed middle age with charm and feeling, gives the finest performance of her stage career. With its deftly assembled cast enjoying a field day of acting, a kindly audience forgave Playwright Anderson for once again drawing it mild...
After the stock market dived to new lows at the start of last week, speculators began to take an interest in U. S. Steel shares, which could be bought as low as $86 (year's high: $126.50). But the interest was mild-and very temporary. One morning blocks of Steel began to hit the thin market like a locomotive. All day in what swiftly became a 2,400,000 share avalanche, Steel showed the way downward, sagging to $80 on sales of only 83,600 shares, and the whole list tumbled along with it, setting another low mark...
...life outlined, but the spirit of affability and good fellowship and cheer was shown by the tone of the meeting. The stories which enlivened the gathering appeared as a particularly pleasant form of good clean fun. Accordingly the letter which appeared in these columns on Tuesday morning decrying the "mild profanity" and "slightly off-color stories" seemed rather funny...
...language students to have all of theirs then too. Sophomore year is especially fitting, since many students come into contact with the material in tutorial, and to do a thorough job on it at the beginning would clear the way for more advanced work later on. And mild exams in the spring should equip the Sophomore with a state of mind more ready to deal with Junior and Senior divisionals when they turn up at their inevitable time...