Word: peculiare
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Illinois and Carter Glass of Virginia to find themselves in the Right-wing bed with an old Republican fogey like Ohio's Fess, the prophet of Harding and Hoover, and Pennsylvania's Reed, the voice of Andrew Mellon. To Senator Lewis, Democratic whip, it must seem most peculiar because it was his unexpected election in 1930 which signaled the return of the Democracy to power, the beginning of a Left shift which was to pass even him. Senator Glass's banking bill of last summer seemed radical indeed at the time, but subsequent events were even more...
...Committee with which I shall work," said Professor Chamberlin in a statement to the CRIMSON, "is not officially a part of the Administration, but acts in an advisory capacity to the various bureaus and departments of the Government. It is for this reason that it offers peculiar advantages in studying the administrative problems which have arisen in connection with the New Deal...
...Morley "essay" is a peculiar literary form, neither fish, flesh, nor, fowl. It combines a bit of Chesterton with a good deal of Winchell, and now and then a touch of Mencken or Edgar Guest, to make a distinctive type of chatty writing. As a rule, his sketches are neither very amusing nor very dull. His most recent collection. "Internal Revenue", follows the norm, save that less of it is amusing and more of it is dull...
...rewriting of address books, but it is a necessary evil in the cause of progress. No names for the new exchanges have as yet been settled upon. Eliot was suggested, but since the dial signal E-L-I would be quite likely to cause some trouble because of its peculiar incongruity with its surroundings, the cautious telephone company decided to change it to something less suggestive to the mind of the Harvard...
Nevertheless, though no one can predict what peculiar decisions will next emanate from Hitler's warped mentality, I should say that Torgler's chances of acquittal were strong. It is true that this might bring further attention to bear on the question of the real firebugs, but that embarrassment is inevitable whatever the decision. To execute Torgler with such patently illogical and insufficient evidence would only serve first to focus sympathy on a Red, and secondly, suspicion and hatred on his enemies; men of Torgler's courage and intelligence make martyrs not soon forgotten. Acquittal will be a hard degree...