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Word: salient (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Paul Bowles' first attempt at a novel suffers from one salient fault--the author tries too hard. Attempting to depict man's flight into moral chaos and nihilism, Mr. Bowles utilizes a plot too weird to convince and a technique too realistic to carry the reader to the symbolic level...

Author: By Robert J. Blinken, | Title: Weird Ones in the Desert | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

Bongt Sandberg, who has taken over center forward position on Guyda's foreword wall leads the Crimson in scoring, having tallied his fourth goal against Tufts on Tuesday. However, offense has not been the Crimson's most salient feature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Freshmen Meet Yardling Soccer Squad | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

...Roosevelt, removed his hat from his large, pompadoured head. David Cole, Paterson, N.J. lawyer and veteran mediator, dressed in a well-draped tan suit, paused to pass a word with reporters. Then the three of them went in to the President to discuss their findings and point out their salient conclusions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Facts v. Facts | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

...guns of the T.U.C., led by burly Chairman Sir William Lawther, wheeled up to support retrenchment. Trade union leaders prepared a report and a resolution which served up some bitter medicine for the rank & file (8,000,000 strong), who have been pressing for higher pay and other benefits. Salient points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Retrenchment | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

...White. Wherever it can, the play lets truth walk side by side with good theater, but in a pinch it is always theater that has right of way. Among other things, Detective Story pleads that mercy should season justice. But too often it lets hokum season realism, and raises salient questions only to provide inconclusive answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Apr. 4, 1949 | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

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