Word: styling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some, however, Mr. Scoville may have outdone himself. His style is well illustrated in the following excerpt: "There under the seven stars of the bear began a battle great and grim with the half eaten carcass for the purse and death the loser's share...
Gilbert is a hearty advocate of the efforts by Americans to attain a style distinct from those of European composers. In pursuit of this aim Mr. Gilbert has written much music based upon negro or Indian themes. His "Comedy Overture" has been played all over this country, in Europe, and even in Russia. His "Indian Sketches" have also been performed by leading American orchestras...
...fear for "TIME'S Typical Style," because it is being copied so much that soon it will be no longer original. There is no way to copy-write it. TIME may be forced to adopt a new style when its present "Typically TIME" style becomes too common practice...
...Subscriber Riddle, acute, observant, fear for "TIME'S Typical Style" because he scents plagiarists, pirates, copycats. TIME has created no set, wooden "style," which could be aped, but instead strives toward that future medium of expression in which words shall be best fitted to deeds. TIME welcomes progress-by whomever made-toward this goal...
...Significance. The Literary Guild had the good sense to pick Black Majesty for its subscribers to read in March. The book is not written with genius either of style or of insight but it is written with intelligence and a proper sensitiveness to words. It can be asserted, with some justice, that, possessing these qualifications, no one could help writing a good book about King Christophe. Author John Vandercook, in a day when too many authors with abilities insufficient for their task attempt to decorate matters which are trite or trivial, deserves applause for choosing a superlative subject for human...