Word: softly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...current phrase he "put learning on the map" in more senses than one. To him more than to any other man--I had almost said "more than to all other men--America owes it that her system of higher education is no longer a thing apart by itself a soft of "Ark of the Covenant" too sacred to be touched but a normal part of the life of the nation as a whole...
...lessened respect for law which actually developed. We never anticipated the enormous increase which took place in the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages, even as compared with pre-Prohibition days, by way of moonshine, home brew and smuggled whiskey, and the corresponding decrease in the demand for soft drinks...
...classical" 18th century Italian comedy is sandwiched in between the more substantial fare of tragic offerings ordinarily provided at the Civic Repertory Theatre.* La Locandiera, the Mistress of the Inn (Eva Le Gallienne) breaks through the crust of a woman-hater, the cavalier Ripafratta, finds him quite soft inside, then jilts him and marries her headwaiter. An old play, it is presented with all its venerable tokens of age (soliloquies, asides, good and evil characters) yet not subjected to the snickers of sophisticated production...
...Phillips Brooks House clothing canvass which closed last Saturday netted an odd assortment of Harvard haberdashery. Nineteen pairs by knickers, 20 soft felt hats, 15 stiff collars, four white full dress vests and one pair of cerise flannel underwear were among the sartorial prizes contributed for the needy Northmen...
Wood Alcohol. Ages ago coal was, of course, living wood, and now, like wood, it is being converted into methyl (wood) alcohol. General Georges Patart of France makes this alcohol by heating soft coal until carbon monoxide and hydrogen result. To these gases he adds oxygen to form an organic product. Then, with this synthetic compound on hand he can create formaldehyde (essential for the synthetic resins like Bakelite) or the more complicated alcohols (as isobutyl and amyl, useful in making varnishes...