Word: modes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Conrad was a master not only of English words but of various devices of storytelling, including what Mr. Zabel describes as "a complicated exercise of the mode of averted suspense"-enough so to drive his fascinated reader, at times, nearly to distraction. In its progression, elaboration and somber irony, his prose rarely loses for long the immediate visual impact of phrases such as the one describing Kurtz, emaciated yet commanding, sitting up to harangue the natives in Heart of Darkness: "I could see the cage of his ribs all astir, the bones of his arm waving...
...mode of revenge" was the way Estes characterized formation of the unit. Apley, Dudley, Claverly, and Little Halls as well as certain Yard dormitories all have representatives on the squad which is ready to show the Houses that they are missing a wealth of football talent...
Ancient Way. When living alone, the cells are amoebae, and impossible to distinguish from other amoebae which have never learned to cooperate. They crawl slowly at random, grazing on bacteria. When one grows large, it divides in two by the cheerless, asexual mode of multiplication for which amoebae are famous. This is the ancient way of life, before cooperation...
...slept eight hours a day most of the time, had never been lost for a minute. Some of them had felt a bit queasy at first, but later had dined heartily on 22 days' supply of steak, roasts, chicken, lamb curry, lobster salad and pie à la mode. They had all gained weight. In spare moments they had played gin rummy and sipped afternoon tea. Nothing to it, really, indicated Actor Morgan...
...like 1944's 90 millions (exclusive of expenses) an effective cushion against the drubbing of its critics. Of course it is occasionally stirred to mouthing sleepy tongue-in-check rationalizations about how soap operas and "ugly-plugs" are the mandate of the people and an affirmation of the democratic mode; but 90 millions is after all a powerful soporific to even the most outsized social conscience...