Word: surest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There are other actor-managers; e. g. George M. Cohan. But they differ from the old school which founded one of the surest traditions of the theatre on the actor-manager principle. Usually the contemporary actor-managers present many shows ; appear themselves only occasionally; i. e. they are businessmen with an acting talent. There is, however, a famed actress-manager who last season showed herself an artist with a talent for business. She managed, directed and acted in (and will do the same this season) the Civic Repertory Theatre. She is Eva LeGallienne...
...carried a revolver charged with poisoned dumdum bullets and also a hand grenade which I had saved from the War. I intended either to shoot Mussolini or to bomb him, whichever seemed surest of success. ... I told none of my friends. I had no accomplices. I just threw the bomb. I knew that if it killed Mussolini I should be killed. ... I am sorry the bomb only wounded a lot of men in the street. . . . My temperament has always been profoundly misogynistic [woman-hating...
...made so many pages of "Roman Barthalow" boring or even absurd! Mr. Robinson has here an anthem at all times worthy of his theme. There are occasional exceptions, but they are unimportant and are enormously overbalanced by the many passages in which the poetry is successful. One of the surest signs of Mr. Robinson's rank as a poet is the individuality of his rhythm; the "personality" of his style. He puts great stress (more than is commonly observed) on the sound of words, he uses a large number of feminine endings with a very special effect, his verse...
...teach the experience of English-speaking peoples in the administration of justice scientifically and sympathetically is one of the surest ways of perpetuating American institutions, of dispelling plausible political crudities, and of insuring a sane and orderly legal and political development. The proper functioning of our political institutions presupposes the orderly maintenance of right by the state...
...usual amount spent by the Government in military instruction was said to be $50,000,000. Some of the supporters of this proposed measure urged that the amount by increased to $100,000,000. These supporters argued that the surest method of increasing international peace was by increasing international understanding and that sending Americans abroad and bringing allens here was one of the best methods of attainment...