Word: propound
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...such an opinion. I applaud with you the direction of a large fund to the advancement of our knowledge of eye diseases. Great good should eventually come from an institution with the facilities and purpose of the Wilmer Institute, though it is a trifle premature at this time to propound the theory that an institute just dedicated already outranks the great clinics of the world, that have cared for many people, have trained many first class men and where monumental advances in the field have been made. A man is commonly supposed to be famous, not for equipment that...
Nowadays, it is often Mr. Galsworthy's method to propound a question without answering it, a method of which the virtues are herein made obvious by contrast. Nonetheless, there are occasional moments when the play achieves the warm pungence of its author's later works; these are often fumbled by the minor members of the cast but never by Isobel Elsom who plays Mrs. Jones or by James Dale who plays her husband with a loud and feline cockney accent...
...remained for Brown University to propound the modern application of that ancient pedagogical canon, mens sana in corpore sano. Last week, President W. H. P. Faunce announced that hereafter his undergraduates will be examined not only as to their lungs, hearts, livers and eyes by physicians, but also as to their worries, doubts, despairs, loves and hates by trained psychologists. There will be the physical examination at the gymnasium, the psychological examination in the laboratory...
...Significance. Mr. Galsworthy's method has always been to propound a question, wrap it up in a story, present both sides with equal eloquence, and then not answer it. In this case, the question has something to do with the relative values of the post-War generation and those that came before it. As fiction, this volume is not in its author's happiest vein. It is the latest and probably the least interesting addition to that formidable series, The Forsyte Saga. Mr. Galsworthy neither knows nor understands completely the society he is discussing. He is not himself...
...journalistic trade sheets, advertising rises to truly heroic heights ; mere ink and pulp perform prodigious feats. Boosters, hustlers, live-wires, pushers, thousands of miles apart, loudly shout or quietly whisper, hint, insinuate, brazenly state or solemnly propound their messages across the page...