Word: troublous
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Augustine is flayed by Author Browne. "The extravagance of his belief in the innate wickedness of mankind leads one to suspect that he may have suffered from some psychic maladjustment. Perhaps the root of the trouble lay in his peculiar emotional relationship to his mother. . . ." The period of troublous popes (904-963) he says "is often spoken of even by Catholic historians as the Papal Pornocracy;" but he does not credit "the curious legend that one of the popes was a woman in disguise...
...During recent months I have watched with anxious heart the troublous passage of events. Trusting in divine guidance, I hopefully await the day that shall restore the gift of true understanding and thus unite every race and creed in one desire to bring peace and contentment to my Indian people...
...importance of this vote lies however, not so much in the particular character of the questions, as in the manner in which it is expected they will be answered. For the first and only time in its troublous history the prohibition question will stand on its own merits before the country. The questions will be answered independent of party lines. The wet or dry viewpoint will not be reliant upon the personal stand of political aspirants. There will be no religious issue to cloud the prohibition question as in the last election and the vote will be distinctly national...
...Through its symbolism and its brogue you discern the simple story of an Irish footballer who went to war and returned paralyzed below the waist. He then had to roll himself about in a wheel chair while his erstwhile love cuddled another boy. In the meantime a profound and troublous scene has occurred. Avoiding the acute battlefront description of such books as All Quiet on the Western Front, such plays as Journey's End, Playwright O'Casey reveals a group of infantrymen encamped in a ruined apse behind the lines. There they sing songs of war-not bawdy...
Galleryman Young quickly concluded that he, and through him Mr. Fisher, had been duped. Galleryman Young went to Detroit and gave Mr. Fisher back his money. But despite this material satisfaction, the world of Art remained troublous for Mr. Fisher. What about the rest of the score of paintings which he had employed Galleryman Young to buy for him? How could one ever be sure of the genuine? Even expert Sir Joseph Duveen, in a similar case, had proved nothing (TIME, Feb. 18, et seq.). Row upon row of glistening Cadillacs, or Mr. Fisher's new and magnificent Fokker...