Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rather extreme to expect that these satires will rouse the Spanish in defense of their liberties. For, after all, satire implies a considerable degree of intellect on the part of the reader, and can never be as successful with the masses as downright and obvious abuse. Nevertheless the world outside of Spain finds in the affair a hint of the days when literature had a dash of spiteful fire, and principles had not yet succeeded to the commercial urge. Bagaria will, perhaps, never attain to the immortality of Swift, but his is the honor of adding at least...
Most of the line positions are fairly obvious. One change, however, that it seems probable that the coaches have made, will come as a surprise. This is the promotion of Gamache, tried for the first time at end last week, to the place formerly filled by Chase. Gamache's rise has been even more spectacular and sudden than Stafford's. Playing as a substitute center all the early part of the year, he was never conceded a chance of becoming a first string man. Perhaps his blunder in making a faulty pass at a crucial moment in the Dartmouth game...
...destroyed by a spiteful commentator, and if his work has no real merit, that is what is likely to happen. It is the resentment which any craftsman feels on having his work weighed and condemned, or perhaps accorded some slight mead of praise, by a mere layman. The obvious solution is to admit that critics are also authors and that the creation of an intelligent reading public, which is the critic's function, is no less essential than the creation of good literature, which is the sphere of the author. But this is really too much to expect...
...advantages of such a system are obvious. The hours which are spent by undergraduates waiting for their tickets would be saved, while the distribution of tickets would be systematic and efficient, making the task of the H. A. A. much less hurried...
...obvious example of equivocal headlining...