Word: thwarts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Leibowitz: "Bring him back and have the gentleman sit down on the stand, by order of the court. I will chain you to the stand with handcuffs. You cannot thwart the dignity of the court in that fashion . . . Your silence will be deemed a refusal to answer and the court finds you guilty of contempt...
...might have horrified some of his predecessors as Chief Justice. Besides, he is conservative enough, regular enough, and close enough to the South to enjoy the respect of Southern Democrats, most of whom have lost their respect for Harry Truman and spend their off hours thinking up ways to thwart the President. Harry Truman licked the Dixiecrats in 1948, but the Southern Democrats now arrayed against him are a more influential and formidable...
...view of the much expressed resentment of many alumni of the scholarship and other regulation of the University which thwart most proposals for alleviating the difficulties of the Harvard athlete, it should not be difficult to arouse interest in a program that works within existing policies and regulations, and can still do a tremendous amount to relieve a bad situation, and one that the rising cost of living is steadily making worse...
...companion Nicklaus in Paris, Venice, and an island off the coast of Greece. By straining one can find significance in Hoffman's three loves: the automaton Olympia, the courtesan Giulietta, and the singer Antonia. Then, too, Hoffmann's evil genius appears in different guises in each adventure, to thwart Hoffmann's desire. But whatever symbolism there is in the story is secondary to the purely sensual pleasure of the movie...
University police are keeping close tabs on the dormitory to thwart future attempts at arson. Ready commented that a big fire in Claverly could kill many students. Officials had "no comment" when asked if they had found the student who is wanted for questioning...