Word: unkindness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...plain boor for choosing such subjects, but, on the other hand, it is equally undeniable that Beerbohm intended no slight. He says in a letter to the Secretary of the Galleries : ". . . if the public is likely to read any shadow of seriousness into them, and accordingly regard them as unkind or disloyal, I think it will be well to avoid this misunderstanding by removing them...
...perpetual laudatory admiration is not a sign of true friendship. I have tried honestly, sincerely and frankly to see and to say what I thought to be excellent and also those points about which I should make reservations. You have seen in my "freedom of speech", therefore, no unkind intentions...
John Sargent whose unkind portraits of the Wertheimers have created a pseudopolitical issue...
...banquet, it would seem to be a natural culmination to the series of smokers, and its advantages as a "get together" are obvious. Perhaps it is unkind to recall now the one blemish on the 1926 record its Freshman Jubilee. If the banquet is taken in a similar spirit, it will not be a precedent that other classes will care to follow. On the other hand, if put to its best uses, it may provide the very link that is needed between the Freshman Dormitories and the Yard...
Lampy's latest venture, the current Dramatic Number, is a distinct improvement over certain earlier numbers which unkind critics in these columns have seen fit to treat with contumely and disrespect. Nevertheless it reminds one, vaguely enough perhaps, of the little girl in the nursery rhyme, who when she was good was very, very good, and when she was had was--punk. It runs in streaks, like bacon or barber poles or layer cakes...