Word: spoilt
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...famous strokes, at the end, of the ax against the cherry trees-symbolizing the death knell of a class and the vanishing of a certain poetry from life-round out the pathos of these people. But the ax-blade cuts two ways: these spoilt children, who oppose Philistinism, with sentimentality, will not fight for survival, make almost an art of their helplessness. If Chekhov pities them, he gently pillories them also...
Religious Nationalist. Father Joseph was baptized François (Leclerc du Tremblay). At the age of eight, he begged to be sent away to boarding school "on the ground that he was being spoilt by his mother, qui en voulut faire un délicat." At ten he spoke Greek and Latin fluently, discussed "the deepest problems of metaphysics and religion" with a friend, aged twelve. When François's father died, the boy felt "a haunting sense of the vanity, the transience, the hopeless precariousness of merely human happiness. . . . While the religious wars lasted, France...
Zaza (Paramount). This ancient tearjerker, about a French cancan dancer whose fun is spoilt when she learns that her lover is married, has a noteworthy history. It was first produced in Paris in 1890, as a vehicle for Gabrielle Réjane. Eight years later, David Belasco used it to further the fabulous career of red-headed Mrs. Leslie Carter. In 1920, Zaza became an opera for Geraldine Farrar. In 1923, Gloria Swanson was Zaza in a silent picture. A favorite item in the repertory of stock-company leading ladies the world over, Zaza has been running off & on ever...
...with gamblers and 'became a dissipated sot', along with a classmate who turned out an 'expert gamester.' One of an old Bay Colony family 'never had an idea in his life, except to grease his hair and clean his buckles.' A descendant of a long line of ministers 'was spoilt by a residence in Virginia, where he became dissipated'; two others became drunkards without faring so far. One committed suicide shortly after graduation, two went insane, a fourth was 'burnt to death by foolish sport after election day playing with squibs,' and a fifth was murdered...
...track notorious for reversals of form, six races on one afternoon's program were won by the favorites: Maine Chance, Spoilt Beauty, My Boss, Torfrida, New Pin and Ouragan...