Word: plaining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nevertheless the value of the book lies less in its faithful portrayal of daily existence in the South Seas than in its plain spoken and sincere account of the mental and psychic struggles of its author in these isles of illusion. It is not easy to define the intangible something that led and kept him there. Cursed with an introspective and sensitive mind, and possessed of a goodly amount of fastidiousness, he ran a gamut of hope, disgust, and despair in which he found little relief and small comfort. His native wife proved a temporary and fallacious hope, and soon...
...party; and Mirabile dictu, the discarded Kaiser is reported on the verge of a return to the Fatherland. Although the Kaiser has lost every vestige of authority, Europeans are showing an increasing tendency to intrust their causes to a leader extraordinary which may give him sudden power. It, is plain that with the old rules so changed, wary statesmen nowadays must put all their attention on incipient leaders...
...censorship was inevitable. Therefore those whose daily bread is cut and buttered in theatrical box offices wished the censorship to assume least offensive form. No Blue Law Committees for them or salaried censors whose efficiency might be measured by the number of plays they purged. Citizens, they demanded, plain citizens who support the Theatre. And citizens they will have...
...case, as Mr. Moore has brought out, is accessibility. But it is hard to agree with him that Hemenway is in a central position and therefore the most likely place for a new pool. By citing the Linden Street squash courts as an example, Mr. Moore has made it plain that the center of accessibility is not north but south of Massachusetts Avenue. For it is highly probable that if the squash courts were in Hemenway, the number of players would be much decreased. Mr. Moore to the contrary, a swimming pool near the river, or across it would probably...
...Loon has rewritten almost every Bible story, making it plain that they are nothing but stories, and as such to be enjoyed to the full. Exhibit "A" (concerning Goliath...