Word: sentimentale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Joy (short for Joyce) is a common, pretty girl with pretty common ambitions. Her widowed mother spoils her, teaches her to be "pure," sentimental, defenseless. Joy wants to be an actress, thinks she is one when she joins Mrs. Rice-Pilkington's third-rate repertory company. She is fired...
Evidence of this scientific approach is to be found in the passages of Mr. Hoover's Armistice Day speech which treat of the nature of peace. His treatment is not direct, for he is not aware that he is making a new definition of peace, or any definition of it...
The remaining two acts continue with a fair share of morality and wit, punctuated with several undeniable hints that Mr. Shaw could be quite sentimental if he could take his tongue out of his cheek long enough. But that would not be playing the part he has set aside for...
"Dr. Briggs has intentionally dealt with our present system of Secondary Education from the standpoint of its weakness," he continued. "Considered from this point of view there is ample evidence, in the facts known to students of education, to justify also his criticisms of public schools. It is unquestionably true...