Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...baiters, however, are not the only ones whose prospects look dark. The future appears exceedingly glum for all hide-bound isolationists. Although a majority of the students are averse to wars, particularly foreign conflicts; they seem quite willing to aid in stopping Hitler. In a word, youth seems ready to take another stabat saving Democracy despite the warnings of Senators Nye and Borah. The shop-worn argument of "splendid isolation" will have to be put on the shelf for some years to come...
...know with what object the Crimson prints almost daily reports of the number of signatures of the petition for retaining Mr. Hicks as a member of the Harvard Faculty. In view of the fact that the petition bears no official character whatsoever, it would seem better to disregard such childish agitation, all the more since this petition can by no means be regarded as representing a consensus of student opinion...
Winchell defended his column, "My attitude may seem a bit pompous to you but when you consider the stuff most of the columnist do include in their work, my approach can be excused. The ties, splits, and expectancies are of minor interest to me, and a close glance at my column will show that they are put in the background by my editorializing...
Without catering to the jitterbug trade, The Castles modernizes somewhat the mood of daring pre-War dances which would seem shockingly sedate to modern audiences. It does so, however, without demolishing their charm and elegance. The songs that tinkle across the sound track-In My Merry Oldsmobile, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Waiting for the Robert E. Lee, Oh, You Beautiful Doll and a dozen others-are calculated to evoke an era when alligators lived only in swamps, or zoos. And they succeed so completely that when Vernon Castle's plane crashes at Fort Worth, even...
...academy certainly guided none of his carving. Longest job was the woeful Guitarist-two weeks; shortest was the Sequinned Lady-two days. School Girl is a bit African around the eyes, but Man at a Gathering is straight Steig. In general he wanted to make figures that would not "seem out of place in the cabbage fumes of apartment houses." Last week he was asked if he regarded his woodwork as a hobby. "If it sells, it's not a hobby," said William Steig...