Word: sinning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium, convinced that he would soon die, Llewelyn Powys (pronounced Po'-is), then 25, came to a solemn conclusion: "There is no God . . . nothing matters as long as we remain healthy and alive . . . insensitiveness is the one cardinal sin." Still alive 29 years later, while continuing to think each year his last, Llewelyn Powys has succeeded in writing a half-dozen books which stand out for their acute observations of nature, their sensitive prose, their blend of pessimism and pagan delight in the "rabble senses." The most polished of the prolific Powys brothers (John Cowper Powys...
...gravely hold up three interrogating fingers, was invariably rewarded with almost hysterical assent. When his conscience hurts nowadays, Flynn recalls that many of the boys came out of the bush emaciated, ulcered, unhappy, but after a few months of British guidance could be seen spryly playing football, "healthy as sin...
...Japanese aim is to clear the Tient-sin-Pukow Railway so the Japanese puppets of Peiping can be united with the equally submissive Nanking puppets. At one point north of Suchow the Japanese advance guard was stalled 15 miles from the Lunghai Railway. At another point south of Suchow a Japanese column was reported within 20 miles of the line. The southern force was small, however. Between it and the main southern army were scores of miles of hostile territory. A gap of at least a hundred miles had to be filled before the two puppet governments could meet...
...Manhattan womanhood, Author Leaf also discusses such feminine concerns as the price of stockings and the number of pairs a girl needs, without giving his book a housewifely air, although he occasionally seems slightly embarrassed by such topics. And although he paints no lurid pictures of big-city sin, he mentions a few tricks and warns girls away from a few professions in a casual and unexcited fashion...
...their souls. But the old veteran bull, Nicholas Vanalstyne, though he relishes smashing his enemies, wouldn't think of leaving an orphan or a widow dispossessed by him to suffer in penury. His son, heir, and namesake, however, is a rotter pure and simple. He has lived in sin, but he throws the odium of the crime on his innocent little brother Bertie. He owes all he has to his father, but he tries to crush the rugged old man and build his own fortune on the ruins. Thus in this play Howard seeks to show how Mammon rules supreme...