Word: objectively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...forced, hinted at unspecified outside interests that had compelled the abandonment of a highly reasonable position. "Certain proposals, for which I have made myself responsible, . . . have become the subject of an acute controversy on a stage much wider than that of the company itself. . . . Proposals . . . made with the sole object of increasing the prosperity of the company . . . prompted by my view that the preponderating interests in our great industry should always be in British hands. ... I have always held the view that our scheme did not prejudice property rights . . . any of our shareholders . . . nothing was further from my mind...
...disperse. Everything should be bright on this great anniversary, the two hundredth year since the foundation of Harvard College.... The noble elm of Washington, the tree beneath which his tent was pitched in the revolutionary war, is waving quietly in the breeze not far from my window, the only object in the whole circle of my view which saw the infant day of Harvard...
Eagles that flew high over the warm bright Mediterranean last week could have espied a slim black object floating on the water beneath them. On closer scrutiny they might have noticed that it was not so slim, that it was a black, ochre-funneled yacht named the Corsair. And if they followed it they would have noticed that the yacht of J. Pierpont Morgan seemed to have no set destination, that it was just "cruising" in the Mediterranean...
...even after 18 years. The story is that of the daughter of a patent-medicine faker, who attempts to scale the social heights. She is particularly eager to bring about the marriage of her sister to wealth and position but is unable to devote her entire time to this object because of the necessity of spending some of it correcting her mother's grammar. Mrs. Fiske returns to her old role with all the vivacity of a young and eager actress and does not hesitate to make use of the broad clowning and reversible inflections that were considered high...
...should like to say a few words in defense of this choice. First, I believe that everyone will agree that since its beginnings, the theatre has had for its main object, that of providing entertainment, whether serious or light. The stage has developed much art, but its object has always been entertainment. There has arisen beside the old comedy and tragedy another form of entertainment known as the musical comedy which has invaded the modern stage to such an extent that it is considered by many to be an integral part of the drama. Is it not consistent with...