Word: self
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...against the new tyranny, Cohen, whatever his means and manner, has attempted to reassert our liberties and it is inappropriate. I think, for the CRIMSON or for anyone else to assume an amused and detached attitude toward the slightly ridiculous scuffle in Harvard Square. It is better for our self-respect to protest, instead of smiling when liberties which once meant much to us, are taken away; and we have not yet given our souls over to the custody of the police, whatever the appearances may be. Sincerely, Brinckerhoff Jackson...
...order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army & Navy, the Department of Justice undertook a separate investigation of William B. Shearer, self-styled "big bass drum," big-Navy lobbyist...
...literature, a bitter moralistic satire. But at length, with the cooling of his fevers, came wisdom. He realized that it was he, not Daisy, who changed -"my successive conceptions of Daisy had been merely the reflections'in another." Then, demanding only that she be her picturesque, wanton self, he wanted to write little sketches of her-attitudes, intonations, phrases-like the vignettes of Degas...
...Self-love is often criticized; but when it compels careful attention to the rules of life essential in the building and maintenance of buoyant, powerful health, it is indeed commendable...
...Significance. Hierarchical reminiscences are not novel but, in some cases, entertaining. Such is the case with Frances of Warwick's book. Her self-centred, upper-class attitude makes itself pleasant and charming. The Victorian era, now assuming historical prominence, she pictures with fervor and delightful intolerance...