Word: mildly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...widely admired as he once was. Grant that a man is sincere in trying to do what he is not fitted to do, that will not prevent men mingling pity with their admiration. And pity, when too frequently aroused, is in danger of turning into a mild contempt...
...would seem, he has succeeded already?and should succeed to an even greater degree in the future. The first bill of their repertory season consists of a one-act curtain-raiser, The Chip Woman's Fortune, followed by Oscar Wilde's Salome. The Chip Woman's Fortune, a mild little comedy, is played with extraordinary verisimilitude?with delightful warmth and grace. Salome, of course, is a more pretentious production and not quite such a successful one. Sydney Kirkpatrick made an admirably repulsive Herod and Solomon Bruce as the flea-bitten Jokanaan was noteworthy. Salome (Evelyn Freer) danced circumspectly?in fact...
...Sylvia. Mild, rather inept comedy, by Leighton Osmun, amateurishly presented by the Players...
...other hand, the heat from the sun is low," he went on, "conditions are much different. During the summer, when the sun is shining directly upon the temperate zones, these regions have cool weather because of the less intense heat from the sun, while the winters are mild because the districts are not subject to winds from the north. The reports of Dr. Abbott indicate that the solar radiation is low at present, and, if this condition continues, the summer will undoubtedly be cool with frequent rains and milder than usual...
...when travelling, must choose between missing an adventure or going with clothes unsuited to the occasion. To go abroad for even a short business trip, a man should take his dinner clothes, three or four sacque suits, a heavy overcoat for traveling and a light coat to do for mild weather wear in some dark color which may also be worn in the evening. In Europe, a top hat is worn with dinner clothes at night. If a man is going about socially, he needs his dress clothes as well, for in London at this time it is considered...