Word: passional
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pitch lake is simply about 200 asphalt tennis courts, in very bad condition, set in the midst of some gently undulating green meadows." But he usually saves his penetrating glances for the scenery of ideas: "The truth is that our so-called wars of interest are really wars of passion, like those in Central America. . . . Nationalism is the justificatory philosophy of unnecessary and artificial hatred. . . . Under the Nazis, for example, every German is made to take his daily dose of what I may call Nordic...
...Switzerland has refreshed Bloch's musical powers, given him leisure to indulge his passion for mushroom-hunting, made him jovial. His gloomy look vanished with his beard, which he shaved off as a surprise for Suzanne when he met her in Genoa two summers...
...danger of war lies in a totally different type of mass training. It lies, for example, in the regimentation of the entire youth of Germany now taking place, in the passion for parades, military organizations, uniforms and display in the youth of all ages in that country. Stories on Sunday spoke of demonstrations in Berlin of boys under fourteen years of age. Throughout the entire Reich the spirit of militarism is being systematically inculcated--a spirit which has war as its purpose and goal, and which seeks to induce in the youth of the land an eagerness...
...Kipper") Grant La Farge, 37, is as versatile as the rest of his family. Though his vocation is architecture (he works in his father's office) he has numerous arty hobbies, such as painting in water color, designing sets for the Comedy Club, costumes for eunuchs. His real passion is the stage. Nearsighted, gangling, emaciated, married, he looks like a composite of an American Indian, Aldous Huxley, King...
...aged 6 to 18. Though in 1932 she relinquished her position as headmistress to her partner and housemate since 1911, Mary Cecilia Fairfax, sister of the 12th Baron Fairfax, Miss Chapin's ideas and personality have continued to dominate the school almost as strongly as ever. Even her passion for historic dates is still gratified. Beginning at 2,000 B.C., Chapin girls march down the centuries by memorizing some five dates each week. Almost the only outward change which recent years have brought is that, with chauffeurs less plentiful, more girls walk to Park Avenue for the free...