Word: older
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...other innocent is Eddie, one of the wife's bright young men. Several years older than Portia, malicious, cynical, charming, he is that far more complex character, the corrupt innocent, who "had gone wrong through dealing with other people in terms that he found later were not their own." To him, Portia's innocence is a last oasis in the world's wasteland. But he plays her false with another girl, compromises her with everybody, ironically completes his betrayal when he refuses her love, saying she has the same ulterior motives as everybody else...
...Gallery in canvases by softspoken, curly-locked Abraham Rattner, who has lived in Paris since the War. A new C. I. O. sculptors' union exhibited honest work, good & bad, at the New School for Social Research. But best bets for seekers of reposeful pleasure were two showings by older U. S. artists whose work kept pace with their reputations...
...drifts to politics. Naturally I should like to be able to defend my country's democratic ideals, especially now in regard to the Jewish question. The reason why I cannot is adequately illustrated by a recent article in TIME (Dec. 5): A young man, not a whole lot older than Grynszpan, was said to have committed a crime. The only witness was an elderly lady-the very lady whose life and property were involved-but that was enough. No Dorothy Thompson appealed dramatically for funds to save his life; no corps of top-notch lawyers leaped to his defense...
...fees, entirely extralegal, went into a small tin cashbox and were divided among the Controller's staff from time to time. Three clerks, whose terms of city service and "fee" collecting were 24, 34 and 45 years, were suspended, protesting indignantly at an affront to a custom older than the memory of politicians...
...though married), he likes genteel drinks (Burgundy, hock, sherry), games like chess (which he plays badly), rummy and slippery Ann (for low stakes). His undergraduate timidity has carried over into fear of cows and high places, but not of critics. At 50, T. S. looks like an only slightly older brother...