Word: style
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Edwards, Senator and Democrat from New Jersey, appeared upon the floor of the Senate with a newspaper clipping. In the clipping Herbert M. Lord, Director of the Budget, was quoted as saying, "I don't care what the people think of me or the budget." In fine forensic style Senator Edwards vented his feelings...
...Whitney was notified that hers would probably be accepted. But certain members of the Rhode Island chapter of the Institute of Architects inspected Mrs. Whitney's idea and found it "appalling." They notified the memorial committee that they thought that the monument was "of an architectural style entirely alien to our city and our tradition and . . . inappropriate. The site chosen for it is . . . a corner lot. . . ." Mrs. Whitney's hopes fell. Sculptor Montana went to work on a new opus to be called "The Supreme Sacrifice...
...editorials of the January number--always a good index of a periodical's life--Pegasus' eye rolls with unwonted vigor. The subjects are sufficiently ephemeral, the style is sufficiently light and sufficiently serious. The feature article, "The Publishing Business as a Career", by Lyman Beecher Stowe '04, carries obvious interest and is appealing in style. "The Valley of Dry Bones", by J. H. Kaye, is a readable essay on the study of history at college, maturely considered, and blessed with sufficient indignation to commend it to those whose literary palate is pleasantly titivated by the sauce of anger. "College...
There are two stories--"Beat the Dutch", by D. H. Munroe, which is pleasant and capable, and "The New Organ", by Donald Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs has a distinct and restrained style which shows much promise of future development. The versatility of the present Advocate is exemplified in the "Three Sketches", by Warren J. Nash, written in surprisingly excellent French, and not negligible from a literary point of view...
...Henderson was pained, exclaimed: "Let's not pass judgment on her. I think she dresses very properly, and if all women followed her style the country would be better off. Mrs. Coolidge is a woman of tremendous common sense. I have not seen her in all types of costume, but I have never seen her when her dress was not correct in every respect...