Word: oblivion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...note of despondency that creeps into these volumes comes at the end, after Roosevelt had been elected Vice President. He wrote sadly: "The Vice President has no power and is really a fifth wheel to the coach. Also remember that it is not a stepping stone to anything except oblivion. I fear my bolt is shot...
...first, Ivor Brown, associate editor of the London Observer, thought of his hobby as nothing more than "easy, pleasant work that I could do in bed." From his midnight reading, he would jot down old and rare words whose color and flavor deserved rescue from oblivion. Later, he took to publishing his jottings, brought out six volumes in nine years. This week, with the U.S. publication of his latest two books, No Idle Words and Having the Last Word, in one volume (E. P. Dutton; $3), U.S. readers could go hunting for rescued relics to enrich their own speech. Samples...
...last she invents an alter ego named Tony Something and trails off with her on a bus ride to oblivion. Right at the start, Tony Something is swept away by the crowd to the back of the bus; Natalie is left alone among the "enemy," which, to her tortured mind, now includes the whole human race. She tries to escape. They close in, holding her motionless. The man on her left nods and winks to the others. A woman's coat brushes mockingly against Natalie's face. Natalie thinks that all of them are in a plot...
...just a question of time until the class committees followed their functions into oblivion. The council wisely and economically cut the time short...
...pioneers, trail-breakers, etc., we are not seeking statues or even plaques for ourselves But we would like to avoid oblivion for another year or so. Moreover, the Plan is a good one, well worth continuing in times when lawyers are in increasing number convinced that the narrow view of the law will not suffice if the rule of law is to survive; and it did not take ten years to produce a graduate. Charles O Porter...