Word: peculiarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...does not depend, like the club tables of the Union, upon laborious and unlikely experiment nor, like the petition, is it being given a limited circulation. Pledge cards are being sent to all members of the University except Seniors and students in the medical and business schools whose peculiar circumstances place them apart...
...fact that there were only twenty-two cases of small pox in the entire state of Massachusetts during last year had nothing to do, I suppose, with the proponents of this latest measure. What is the excuse for it? Let those who want to undergo this peculiar form of treatment do so; I, for one, though I am not a Christian Scientist nor anything else which some medical gentlemen might like to accuse me of, do not care to submit to it--especially since I know of one person who received by being vaccinated one of the most loathsome...
...poet is the individuality of his rhythm; the "personality" of his style. He puts great stress (more than is commonly observed) on the sound of words, he uses a large number of feminine endings with a very special effect, his verse is never monotonous, and its melody with a peculiar, slightly remote, cadence of its own, is nearly always delightful. "Tristram" possesses these qualities and many others. And, if the characters are not individuals, this passion that transforms them is cunningly and movingly described; the poem is admirable in construction and expression. No one but Mr. Robertson could have written...
...work of the rest of the cast is marked by the same finish, and also by a remarkable fitness for the various' parts. Each actor and actress is adapted to the peculiar role he or she plays, not only physically, but even, it would seem, in natural temperament. Edward Fielding as the colonel, has the impressive bearing, the stubborn will, and the military self-righteousness of the typical Prussian officer as if he had spent his entire life in the Kaiser's army. The realism of this old gentleman's character may be somewhat difficult for the American of today...
...Post at least the Hearst sheets. But it remained for the pride of Kansas City to garner both publicity and economy. Whoever is the power behind the throne in guiding Miss Talley through the mazes of an operatic career has a large amount of sagacity and a peculiar insight into the minds of what she may safety term "her public." It matters not at all if he visualizes her as a cross between a football manager and a Dartmouth undergraduate because nothing is so productive at the box office as a well advertised star--not even an excellent singer...