Word: quiescent
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...Story hinges upon war regarded as an agapemone, a lust fest. To focus this notion there is Sylvia Tietjens. To contrast war with quiescent civilization there is Christopher Tietjens of Groby, her husband. Both are extreme types, impossible in life unless recent English divorce cases were toned down in the newspapers...
...Anti-Semitism spent itself in a monster parade of Hackenkreutzer, and became, for the nonce, quiescent. It was widely believed that the rioting and demonstrations were not really directed against the Zionists, but were merely attempts to embarrass the present Austrian Government with a view to effecting a coup d'etat in favor of Chancellor Seipel, Catholic priest, former Premier...
...black shirt, it has been frequently alleged, was adopted by the Fascisti on account of its utilitarian color. Premier Benito discovered, however, that certain kinds of spots show up most plainly, and to the quiescent but intense discomfiture of thousands of Fascisti, he ordered the first general wash of black shirts...
...Ruhr, France and Belgium seem to have vindicated their occupation by securing a promise from the German industrialists to make reparation deliveries to the Allies. Actually, however, the French have received nothing but a promise, and, although reparations are in sight, there are many things within the comparatively quiescent political orbits of Europe that may balk the French in realizing these German promises...
...Neighborhood Playhouse group, similarly quiescent last season, is also expected to open this Autumn...