Word: odious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...group of local Fascisti, sipping their vino pastoso at a local osteria, espied the odious emblem of sedition. With loud and patriotic cries, they rushed upon the vehicle, tore up the flag, abused the passengers...
...like his predecessor, Murphy. Unlike Murphy, he is also a persuasive speaker. This is not entirely an advantage. James Bryce in his standard work** declares : "It is, of course, a gain to a Ring to have among them a man of popular gifts, because he helps to conceal the odious features of their rule, gilding it by his rhetoric, and winning the applause of the masses who stand outside the circle of workers. However, the position of the rhetorical boss is less firmly rooted than that of the intriguing boss, and there have been instances of his suddenly falling...
...Leonard '25 suspects B. H. Noyes '02 of being a Prohibitionist!-- as if that were an exceptionally odious species of scheming oppressors for whom --to use his words--"there was no law too sacred for them to break" providing it would further their ends...
...continuance of a disease in the future rather than an attempt to cure those unfortunates who have fallen prey to its ravages. It may take two or three generations, but eventually there will be no more parched throats in need of alcoholic lubrication. Those responsible for this law, so odious to the selfish and narrow minded, had in mind its effects on future generations. Mr. Leonard speaks of the great test of popular approval but does not seem to be able to look beyond his own nose. Since the primary benefit was expected to accrue to those yet unborn, five...
...Tarzan takes his readers away from strenuous complicated modern life can be attributed the secret of his success. "In my opinion this alone proves the necessity for some dictatorship over the proletariat. On the other hand it appears that Tarzan is also extremely popular in America-but comparisons are odious." Walter Duranty, The New York Times correspondent, explained the epidemic of Tarzanitis by stating that"the newly emancipated Russian nation represents the average cultural level of the American schoolboy between...