Word: shrift
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...thematically unvaried throughout. If you are looking for an evening of good 100 per cent American smut, this is it. There's no nastiness in it; the only cloud in the welkin of direct and open-faced lechery is the obnoxious Senor Gomez, whom the play-wright gives no shrift...
...good, but the next step brought the Dollfuss government smack up against a great and solid mass, the Socialists of Vienna. Viennese Socialists have tolerated, even aided, Engelbert Dollfuss because they know that much as he dislikes them they would receive even shorter shrift from a Nazi government. Last week Prince von Starhemberg shrilled at a Heimwehr meeting...
Suggestions that Harvard might follow Princeton's example in the appointment of an acting president, heard recently because of the Corporation's seeming inability to fix upon a new head, received short shrift in semi-official quarters yesterday. President Lowell, it is believed, will continue in office until his successor is appointed, even if that should prolong his term far into next year. His resignation, tendered last November, takes effect when his successor is appointed and ready to assume his duties, preferably at the end of this year...
Hard-drinking New Jersey made short shrift of its enforcement...
...withal, Switzerland has a very deep respect for the rights of property and hence many a continental who is afraid of keeping his money at home, keeps it in Switzerland. This and the fact that Switzerland's well trained secret service gives short shrift to Communists or professional agitators enrages the country's left-wing Socialists...