Word: temperedness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Even Soprano Bori's greatest admirers agreed that her Louise in no way threatened the Garden prerogative. Her singing, usually far "better, was last week shrill. Her acting was pretty but stilted, as was that of tenor Antonin Trantoul who was Julien, her lover. Better characterizations were those of...
Ever a staunch pillar of the Grand Old Party, Taft as President tempered with perhaps too much caution the flery reform policy of Roosevelt, his friend and predecessor. Nevertheless, the qualities that he lacked as a leader were more than amply balanced by his devotion to public welfare outside of...
Though some of these charges have some bearing on the truth, on the whole, this kind of criticism is more spectacular than constructive. Those who regard the college years from the point of view of the academic cloister and the hearth will be somewhat aghast at this new crusading function...
Not only a Frenchman but a gallant Frenchman, Author de Miomandre's criticism of Venus is usually tacit, always tempered with admiration. Though he writes as an historian, conscious of documents, it is his firm though undocumented belief that the goddess has returned to Mt. Olympus, where she dwells...
Nevertheless, for him who for the love of the game and the benefits of exercise alone enters the field of athletics, the thrill of intercollegiatism may have little or no appeal. He may represent his college in other fields, but as far as organized athletics are concerned, an hour or...