Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rickett's motive is interpreted by the less credulous as a desire to save Ethiopia, and incidentally his concession, from Italian rapine by putting new hope into the elements opposed to invasion. He had no success whatever in official [British] quarters, but he does seem to have inspired a certain amount of 'publicity...
...University engineers seem to have the bit in their mouth after spending some $50,000 on walks during the summer and are also about to construct a driveway for Memorial hall and a parking space for the officials of Craft Laboratory...
...those of academic turn Mr. Gershwin's music may seem a brilliant but superficial tour de force; to this reviewer it appeared a magnificent blending of striking themes which truly represent the musical content of Mr. Heyward's material, and clearly a work which can proudly take its place beside Gershwin's previous compositions as representative of the promise of American music. There are songs such as "Woman is a Sometime Thing", "I got Plenty o' Nuttin'", and "It ain't Necessarily So", which have a haunting melodic appeal and seem destined for considerable popularity. And there are themes such...
Like the proverbial old maid who looks for a man under her bed, the legislatures of the country seem to be suffering from a fixation concerning their own doom. Nothing could be a more ludicrous and at the same time pathetic example of the current alarm-clock insanity than the Masschusetts Teachers' Oath Bill which took effect in the Commonwealth yesterday...
...Everybody knows", said Alice in a very grown-up manner, "that Achilles could really beat the Tortoise in a race. Some of these stories seem so silly...