Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first air raids may not be on Central London at all but on the traffic jams around it," warns Professor Haldane. "In Spain, at any rate, the German airmen seem to prefer to attack concentrated traffic, whether on wheel or on foot, rather than to bomb buildings, when they have the choice. ... In Barcelona one dives for the nearest shelter, leaving one's car in the street with the ignition key in place, so that it may be used by officials if necessary. ... I would far rather be in Central London during a big air raid than...
...Hague, meanwhile, Her Majesty's Government pondered whether it might not on the whole seem provocative to continue war games at a time when almost all Europe had mobilized or was mobilizing (see p. 14). Finally Her Majesty's Government, resolute in the Dutch policy of peace, stopped their games, sent 200,000 reservists back to barracks...
Playwright Ginty's triumph of make-believe is that she has created, out of one part pious bluenose and one part murderous bandit, a lively, attractive, fun-loving Tom Rover. Nobody even bothers to wonder whether Thomas Howard might not be a sniveling hypocrite: at worst, he would seem to justify his forays as Falstaff justified his thefts: " 'Tis my vocation, Hal. 'tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation.'' For almost three acts Jesse James labors with gusto. But History and the Wages of Sin have to win out, and Jesse...
...relieve the depression it lowers the gold value of its currency. In its own currency, its prices may seem higher, but in gold, the international currency, they drop, exerting pressure on the international price structure. . . . The world has seen it happen again and again...
...those neat, printed letters which somehow lessen the chaos of thought? Could it still supply the right word, the proper touch to sentences in this foreign atmosphere? Then suddenly, in the vast loneliness of unfamiliar surroundings, he remembered again how Freshmen feel. How awful and unhuman and unknowable college seems. How important and lightning and complicated a History 1 lecture can sound. How vast and impersonal and uninterested the Union can feel. How suave and learned and acquainted everyone else can seem when you are the only one in a New herd. The wind, the light, the air, the very...