Word: peculiare
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...politicians of a peculiar kind. There are politicians who promise peace today and tomorrow forget it or deny it without blushing. We do not act that...
...heathen Chinee is peculiar...
...courts. Four such courts are marked out on the White House lawn, moved frequently to keep from wearing out the grass. Excerpts: "When the setup is just what it should be the game is rapid. Every player is constantly tense. ... A star member is Dr. Wilbur. He has a peculiar advantage because of altitude (6 ft. 4 in.). . . . Justice Stone is the strong man. When he hurls them, they stay hurled. . . . Attorney General Mitchell plays a fast game. . . . Secretary of Agriculture Hyde disports himself creditably. . . . The President is a lusty player. His specialty is catching high ones and throwing them...
...direct effect on his capacity for choice of university work. He has had a good deal of provocation to think, and naturally he thinks about himself. This would be true of any material which was taught concentratedly and thoroughly in small groups, but Greek and Latin literature have a peculiar tendency to stimulate self knowledge. And of course he thinks about other things, the impulse having been aroused. His home has usually supplied him with plenty of excellent modern material for thought...
...demands a fairly thorough saturation in English history and literature. Here again the school has gone out of its way to "polish him up" and the result is that he has had plenty of experience in concentrated reading in fields other than the classics. These fields also have a peculiar suitability for provoking thought about himself...