Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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These rare, eel-like creatures which have no fins but possess two pairs of fleshy spines were brought over in their cocoons of hard baked mud in which they live during the dry season, often for as long as two years. Only nine inches now, some day these baby specimen may reach the length of five feet...
...prince would be the first to admit. The style of Dr. Simmons has improved since he wrote "English Literature and Culture in Russia", another pioneer work, but the improvement has been in tenacity, not in clarity, for it has always been the especial good fortune of Dr. Simmons to possess a crystal-clear style. This book really imparts to the reader a feeling of the excitement with which Pushkin's life was led. It was a life spent in the midst of the "madding crowd's ignoble strife", for Pushkin early became involved by association with revolutionaries, and his personal...
...retired list wears a uniform, any time, any where. His uniform automatically retires with his active status. No officer on the active list wears a uniform while traveling. In fact, he never wears a uniform off the station or post unless it is unavoidable. Admiral Byrd, apparently, does not possess this "passion for anonymity." But we might point out that even publicity-hungry, head-scratching Smedley Butler manages to pursue his racket of lecturing on "War is a Racket" in civilian clothes with not one of his five medals in sight. Spray 'em with Larvex, Admiral, and pack...
...influence over House affairs ephemeral, at best of little value. The board of House committee heads, on the other hand, sets the pace for House business, but like the continental Congress it lacks the basic authority, inclusive jurisdiction, and continuity of membership that only the main Council can possess. Thus, with the friction of divided responsibility promising more and more sparks in the future, some sort of device to bridge the gap in the guidance of House activities and the control of larger college affairs must be sought...
...book is primarily of interest to Shaw's admirers, since it takes for granted a great deal of information about Morris which few U. S. readers are likely to possess. Reveling in the factional fights, manifestoes, grandiose plans and pitiful performances that then distinguished English Socialism, Shaw was more at horns among them than Morris, who was a radical from a strong sense of moral duty and an even stronger revulsion from the ugliness of industrialism. Morris was a "very great literary artist" but his tremendous vocabulary was often no help in describing uncongenial modern things. Shaw would suggest...