Word: touching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...post-natal creation of a human personality. Old Mr. Cane looked like what he ostensibly was- a suburban grocer. Beneath the white apron and the shy, dull face, he had made of his intelligence a realm of power and beauty, impervious to human contempt. His neighbors could not touch the essential power that was in him and which he passed on to his daughter...
...First National grew enormously under the Forgan touch: its assets from some 49 millions in 1900 to nearly 260 millions in 1915; its deposits from 43 millions to 219 millions in the same period. Its good will and reputation for sound policy increased equally rapidly. Mr. Forgan concerned himself with the character and welfare of his employes, giving fatherly talks and plain advice to each newcomer...
...those who are interested, nor has if obscured to any extent the meaning. Nothing is more fitting than that a book, as widely read as the Bible should be a literary masterpiece. There can be no justification for doing worse that which has already been done with the touch of supreme artistry...
...offices of Good Taste. Men came and went. There was Roger, the kindly ironist, who married her young sister, "Pet,"after long courtship of herself. There was little Crump, who had all the charm of a puppy dog. There was Roy Peck, the publicist with the genial personal touch. She loved Roy, but his environment proved too strong for her love. Finally there was Louis Bayard, cultured, a little dried up, in whose elegance she finally found comfort. Everywhere she sought-but her tortured, inquiring mind never found the "answers in the back of the book."This novel has been...
...parade before the race, the French four-year-old seemed lacklustre; there was a negligence under his sleek grace; and he needed a touch of the whip to bring him up to the barrier-a touch that made him sulky. Jockey Kummer, instead of Jockey Haynes, had the leg up and rode an adequate race except for that one rash touch. Away they went-a flash of silk, a huddle of bobbing heads at the turn, one, two, pulling away, animated toys all; then the stretch, the crowd ris- ing, a tatoo of hoofs-F. A. Burton's Wise...