Word: remarkable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...experience," says Dr. Ridley, "to hear a cataract patient remark at a post-operative dressing, 'I can see the faces of all you gentlemen quite clearly.' " U.S. eye specialists are amazed by the news from London. If the plastic lenses stand up for five years without trouble, they say, it will be the greatest advance in cataract treatment since the invention of eyeglasses...
Always the master of situation, Webb dashes about with authority and assurance. His poker-face expression and impromptu remark routine is just as ridiculous and sometimes just as hilarious as in his former productions. Unfortunately, the plot in this case tries to cover all the old comic situations and succeeds in laboring the obvious conflicts in modern living. From modern furniture which ends up supporting the victim on his head to neurotic relations between father and daughter to weepy family scenes, the action speeds about, leaving no emotion unexploited...
Oldtimers insist that this anecdote has symbolic significance. In just such a way, they remark, did the rough & ready young Belloc, "fully armed and uttering war cries like Athena" (in the words of the London Times) invade "the startled, insular world of late Victorian Oxford." While he laid about him, buffeting the dons, intoning ballads and drinking songs, dominating political and religious debate, Britons soothed themselves by reflecting that he was, after all, a bit of a foreigner. For every true Briton believes at heart that whenever his peace is disturbed by uncompromising passion and brilliance, foreign blood is bound...
...only reference made to Struik's present legal position was the professor's remark that the State has not yet issued a bill of particulars about the case, Sharpe said. He continued, "It is really too bad that more students cannot get acquainted with Dr. Struik. After talking with him for only a few hours, the accusations made against him actually seem laughable...
Derham served as an attorney for the Waucantuk Mills of Uxbridge in a land damage case against the state. Out of the $19,698 total settlement, the mills received $14,000 and Derham got $5,698 in fees. If Derham had not made the alleged remark to Cenedella, the case would probably have been forgotten along with the fifty or more other land damage cases during...