Word: particularly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When St. Peter introduced Moses and Noah to the late arrival "who made the world safe for democracy," Wilson said: "When I look down upon the world I see hosts of Hooverites and Critics everywhere vigorously voicing their loss of faith in democracy and the democratic party in particular...
...Navy for Aeronautics, the President soon chose David Sinton Ingalls of Cleveland, a perfect complement for the Air Secretary of War. They are about the same age, enthusiasts, good friends. Mr. Davison founded the naval air unit at Yale and Mr. Ingalls was that unit's bright particular flower. Over seas Mr. Ingalls was attached to an English squadron over which he, still in his 'teens, was soon given command. In two months duty in the Dunkirk sector he brought down six German planes and a balloon. He was the only U.S. naval flyer to become...
...lives." In short, while it is not difficult to understand why so much perfectly good paper is taken up with its exposition, it is hard to justify the fact on any artistic or intellectual grounds. And what applies to the bulk of the "novels" of this character applies in particular to "Plundered Host." In the words of the late Ambrose Bierce, "The covers of this book are too far apart...
...these he should add a title or two of each of the worthwhile living authors: Shaw, Galsworthy, Robinson, Barrie, Moore, Cabell, etc. In selecting these, it is more important to have the particular title he himself prefers rather than the most popular book of an author. First editions of these authors are still obtainable at fairly moderate prices. Hardy, Conrad, and Anatol France, although no longer alive, surely belong with the above-mentioned group, and their work should be represented...
...nearly all the few great plays of the last twenty-five years. In collecting these, he is almost certain to find one author whose work will interest him more than the others. Now he is experiencing his first real thrill in the effort to procure everything published by this particular author. Here also begins the storing up of those little bibliographical details which lend zest to the hunt. The fancy of the proof-reader, the error of the typesetter, the imagination of the binder,--all these and many other factors tend to make identification of first issues so certain...