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Word: sexed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scholarly atmosphere of the college," are just as vain as the same argument that resulted in Socrates taking up his abode in the public square. At Detroit fifty girls are opposed to two thousand men, but Cleopatra had something that kept the Roman Legion at bay, while the sex appeal of Helen launched a thousand ships...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DAUGHTERS OF XANTIPPE | 3/16/1929 | See Source »

Such an author is Mr. Hill, who endeavors, we are told, to explore the mind and emotions of the adolescent boy in his response to sex, religion and beauty. It would have been simpler, and, perhaps, more exact to have omitted religion and beauty. For the author of "Plundered Host" as for the great majority of the writers of similar works, religion, beauty and all the other objects of emotion, are synonymous with sex; their religion has its origin below the belt, and their beauty is almost invariably lighted by a red lamp...

Author: By H. F. S., | Title: More Novels of the Season | 3/15/1929 | See Source »

...that this is in itself reprehensible. It has been remarked that sex "is something most of us possess, but in which most of us do not see the guiding star of our lives." In short, while it is not difficult to understand why so much perfectly good paper is taken up with its exposition, it is hard to justify the fact on any artistic or intellectual grounds. And what applies to the bulk of the "novels" of this character applies in particular to "Plundered Host." In the words of the late Ambrose Bierce, "The covers of this book...

Author: By H. F. S., | Title: More Novels of the Season | 3/15/1929 | See Source »

...conclusions which these men reached were the most interesting feature of the address. "There is no difference in the cheating behavior of children of different sex, nor does difference in age between the years of nine and 14 affect their deceitful conduct. Intelligence, however, is a significant factor, as is the economic and social status of the children's homes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 3/14/1929 | See Source »

This fight, for equality within the church will bear some watching. The quieting influence of religion should prevent any strenuous demonstration, but mankind can rest assured that, having gotten into Congress, the weaker sex cannot be kept from the pulpit. If precedent means anything, a definite attempt to deny this right always carries with it the danger of a well wrapped brick being hurled through priceless stained glass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ROCK OF AGES | 3/8/1929 | See Source »

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