Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Auden, and including MacNeice, Stephen Spender and C. Day Lewis, staged a revolt against current English linguistic muddlement. By introducing modern technological terms into their verse, and by unburdening themselves of their subconscious minds-let the syntax fall where it might-they tried to make their language reflect life as it was actually being lived...
Glancing at the Caja de Seguro Obrero, as he must have done many a time in the last few critical weeks, Don Tinto could pull his bushy mustache and reflect on the dual perils which have beset his administration from its start. To the left of him was the danger that the Popular Front would disintegrate; to the right, the danger of another Sept. 5. Don Tinto's recent veto of two bills passed by Congress brought both perils upon him last week...
...column has concentrated in the past, and on which it will continue to take its stand in the future. There is an infinitely greater necessity for arousing interest in it than in the much broader field of popular dance music. Any music which is composed of personal interpretations which reflect the spirit and personality of the performer deserves more attention than the marketable merchandise which has assumed the name of swing during the past few years...
...Parity prices are the average price for the last five years before World War I, adjusted upwards to reflect the increase in the cost of things the farmer...
...whole question of naval policy will almost certainly be debated in Congress soon," read the report, issued by Frederick B. Deknatel, associate professor of Fine Arts. "The close division reported to exist in the Senate on naval conveys certainly does not reflect public opinion...