Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...might not be seated advantageously, they rushed together so that at least one stumbled and came near to being trampled. Of the first comers some found seats in the balcony, while a few sat on the steps of the balcony. Then the Graduating Class marched in. It did not seem so large. Many choice seats remained unfilled on the floor of the Church. One moment please! These were now seen to have been reserved by fate for the late arrivals...
...want to renew my pledge, especially in view of the fact that so many members of Congress, of both parties, seem to have forgotten the basic principle of American politics and . . . create the impression on foreign nations that they do not trust your administration of foreign affairs. They would hamstring your conduct of extremely delicate foreign situations...
...turtle, it feeds on water-life. Like the mole, it burrows under ground. Like the duck, it has a broad bill and webbed feet. Like some snakes, it carries venom (male only, in a spur on its hind leg). And it has a beaver-like tail which makes it seem double-ended. Its fur is coarse, runs in color from dark brown to silver grey. No woman would choose it for its beauty or usefu1ness...
...same label can be applied to the literary practice of certain contemporary poets whose poems, like "functionalist" buildings, are constructed with a marked weather eye on the modern living conditions they are meant to reflect or relieve. As distinct from the Symbolist, Surrealist, Imagist or Metaphysical poets, who seem to borrow from Music, Psychology, Painting and Mathematical Physics their respective poetic first principles, these poets seem to borrow theirs from the demotic art of Architecture. Most dazzling of the lot, yet slyest, is W. H. Auden; sincerest and slickest, Stephen Spender; most headlong, most jerry-built, C. Day Lewis; most...
...Younghill Kang (The Grass Roof) in Wheeling, W. Va., and Captain John D. Craig (Adventure in Haiti) in Ann Arbor, Mich. In addition there will be a number of lectures belonging to the Great Question Mark school of public speaking, with David Seabury in Detroit asking What Makes Us Seem So Queer?; John T. Flynn in Elizabeth, N. J., What's the Matter With Us Now?; Stanley High in Boston, Where Do We Go From Here?; and Vicki Baum in Salt Lake City, Why Be Afraid? The week when all this takes place will be exceptional but not unique...