Word: peculiare
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...suicide because he is incompetent to support her, her father-in-law (Lionel Atwill) not only fails to send her money but takes away her gurgling child. The child grows up to be a soldier, sets out one night to have a good time. Propelled by laws of coincidence peculiar to stories like this one, he goes to the very cabaret where Irene Dunne, now a dignified harridan, is acting as mistress of ceremonies. She is able to take the blame when he murders the father of a girl he is trying to seduce. Most inevitable shot: the son (Douglas...
Aside from the usual arguments relative to the social advantages of the inter-House dining system, the case for Freshman inclusion is made cogent by characteristics peculiar to itself. Foremost, of course, is the necessity that first year men have some basis on which to make their choice of a House. At present, that choice is founded, generally, on rumor, on chance, on any number of vague reasons. It is conceivable that if dining in the Houses did not imply an imposition on his upper class friends, the Freshman would have an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with all seven...
...field should be combined with some original library research by the competent tutees. I would feel then that when I impressed any student with a principle of sociology, he would accept it from his own experience and not because I said so. I think this is due to the peculiar subjective nature of sociological phenomena and the fact that laws in sociology often contravene popular impressions and current pseudo-mores...
...Earnest Hemingway: An American Byron"--thus does Clifton Fadiman title his latest article for the Nation. As he proceeds to support, the thesis implied in the title, his readers are introduced to a fairly new, and very interesting estimate of themselves. Due to the peculiar way in which he symbolizes the present generation, states Mr. Fadiman, there has sprung up about Homingway "a real contemporary here myth." The similarity between Byron and Hemingway, says the author, lies in the fact that they were both post-war men, and that "in the heart of both lies a tragic sense of defeat...
...some Irishmen have learned to write English very well, the language is even less native to Ireland than it is to the U. S. The typical Irish writer wears his English with a difference. Racial bias toward tragic fancy, racial prejudice against successful fact give the Irish writer a peculiar angle on even plain Saxon themes. Author Stuart's theme is patriotism-which to an Irishman is partly like politics and partly like being in love. His tale, which starts realistically enough and wanders through dirty Dublin streets, ends toward the stars...