Word: misunderstood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...preface to English-speaking readers Author Wassermann explains that he is recounting a notorious incident of German history to illustrate a universal abuse; for in the youthful victim of a political intrigue he sees the symbol of all misunderstood children. By such explicit labeling the author hopes to establish his book as something more than the excellent historical novel which a large and enthusiastic European public thought...
...most important factors in the formation of America and at the same time one now almost completely misunderstood is that of Puritanism. Those who have any interest in increasing their knowledge about this phase of American life have a choice of lectures today which discuss the Puritan civilization from different points of view. Professor R. B. Perry speaks at 10 o'clock in Emerson D on "The Critique of Puritanism," and at the same hour Professor Murdock will discuss "The Mathers" in Harvard...
...entirely clear to the layman, this threat was not misunderstood by fearful traders. It meant, in two words: "BROKERS' LOANS." And to emphasize the point, brokers' loans mounted last week to $4,569,978,000, highest for all time, surpassing even the figure for June 6. Apparently undisturbed, the stock-market went about its business, saw a seat sold for a record $425,000, dickered for the adjoining 20-story Postal Telegraph building as an annex, appointed Mrs. Catherine M. Healy of Montclair, N. J., as its first woman purchasing agent...
Boston says "she's our weakness now" but Paramount's "friskiest, fastest" comedy fails to hit the high spots promised by it. Clara Bow is a nice little girl out of her element as a hostess in a dance hall, and it seems that she is misunderstood. After the local swains have attempted to discover the talent hidden behind a demure exterior; it finally turns out that the right party happens along, and after the usual expected and unexpected misunderstandings and controversies, the show...
...impulsive love she had rebuffed years before has turned into a paunchy obsequious concierge. To her horror she realizes that she has loved the man all these years, and that it is her fault he and his village have become so disgustingly prosperous. She attempts atonement, which is completely misunderstood by her inferior. Author Forster is at his best in interpreting the impossibility of spiritual understanding between high and low born...