Word: salient
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...true that I may be prejudiced since I learned at a very tender age that damnyankee is only one word and besides that, I am a descendant of the old "pirate." . . . In his behalf, please permit me to mention a few salient points...
...Lewis and Clark" parallel is not the most important aspect of this bit of writing. The salient feature is rather that Mr. Clark, who spends his days experimenting in Jefferson Laboratory--stronghold of realism--can so banish his work from mind in his leisure as to write fairy tales. Many eminent scientists here have become so ensnared in their research problems that any whimsical relaxation is out of the question. Mr. Clark, however, has successfully bridged the gap between physics and fantasy. In providing a pleasant story for children, he has also shown embattled physicists a method of useful relaxation...
...Spanish war front burst into sudden activity last week when a powerfully reinforced Rightist Army moved forward against the Leftist-held Ebro River salient. It was the eighth in a series of costly Rightist attempts to regain the narrow, mountainous strip of land west of the Ebro taken by the Leftists in late July. Long ago the salient ceased to have much strategic value. Committed to retaking it, however, Generalissimo Francisco Franco sent general after general to drive the Leftists back across the river, is estimated to have spent the lives of 70,000 men there since early August...
Committed to drive the Leftist Army out of the Ebro River salient won in late July, Rightist troops last week made their seventh attempt in ten weeks. By week's end the latest drive had petered out. On the long dormant front near Aranjuez, south of Madrid, Rightists felt out the strength of Leftist lines in several short, minor thrusts...
...lies within memory's horizon for many people who will see it. In this respect, Milton Krims's screen play, Anatole Litvak's direction and the acting of Flynn and Miss Davis are eminently successful. A trifle pretentious in its narrative manner, The Sisters has the salient virtue of making it clear that in 1908 that sleepy year seemed just as fateful as 1938 does now, and for somewhat similar reasons. Good shot: The Medlins' San Francisco neighbor squealing the earthquake war cry: "It's the end of the world...