Word: slant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Therefore one expects to find a bias, a slant towards one point of view with which the author is best able to deal, and in this case it is towards the Philosophical. One feels often, as one does in reading the "Achievement of Greece," that too few great artists have spoken in detail on the sculpture, the architecture, the painting and the pottery of the Achaeans. For Genius may talk to Genius across a waste of years, and without words; everyday man can only mechanically analyze and expose--which is, in sum, not art, but archaeology. But this...
...Auburn and Plympton Streets, just behind the Lampoon, a Chevrolet runabout coupe being driven from the opposite direction. The driver of the Ford attempted to make the left hand turn to avoid a collision, but the car, going at a speed beyond his control, struck the sidewalk at a slant and turned on its side. The driver of the Chevrolet, crowded on the small seat by another lady and two men, had jammed on her brakes in a futile effort to stop. But the wheels skidded and the motor swung to the right and up onto the side-walk until...
...enterprise, but business ability; Rothermere lacked the former but was a positive genius in the business affairs of the firm. Lord Beaverbrook's journalistic career was mainly connected with Canada until he bought The Daily Express. A priori it seems that the British press is on the downward slant, since both these men will control the largest newspaper combine in Britain, whose newspapers will reach about 90% of the British reading public...
...Morley's criticism takes a somewhat original slant. He believes that the fault lies in the super-seriousness with which undergraduate pursuits are carried on; he objects to the spirit of professional perfection which guides most student enterprises, and makes a plea for the amateur...
...always cared more for the steeplechase than the altar, has always been more willing to risk the royal neck in a race than the royal finger in a ring. He can scarce raise an eyebrow but the whole world notes the new slant, a dozen ladies are waiting for the word;--he smiles with appreciation and goes on with his game. He merely enters another Derby, carries a bobbing crown over hedges and dumps it in a creek...