Word: vainly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...England religious fanatic. A literal believer in Christ's Second Coming, in college Mary loses her faith because of a sociology professor, finds college boys a miserable substitute. Likewise synthetic is her marriage to a rich, cultured Jew. Renouncing his comfortable world, she seeks the true faith in vain in a factory, among the Communists, in an affair with a psychiatrist. Salvation comes when she meets David Markand, hero of Author Frank's last novel and Mary's New-Adam counterpart. Through her love for him, plus a beyond-Communism social faith, she finds new symbols...
...TIME, April 17) you speak of Mrs. Roosevelt . . , whom we all respect and admire, as 'long-legged.' I am ashamed of you."-ED.] amazes me! I'm a sincere admirer of our admirable First Lady, who is exactly my height. I've always been vain of my long legs, pleased & flattered to hear them so referred...
...Those who think Italy's internal situation is approaching a "catastrophe" will wait in vain for a "long time still...
...Harvard, however, it has used tellingly the chief weapon at its disposal: the keen sword thrust of reasoned criticism. And behind that thrust are many of Harvard's much talked of "younger men." The Union's fight for the retention of Walsh and Swoezy may have been in vain. But this year's trenchant proposals for tenure reform and complete departmental democracy may cut more ice with the powers that be than the Faculty Committee's exhaustive report on the same subject. The Union's program was not only written for the younger men, but also by the younger...
...dresses with conservative elegance, never goes out without a slender walking stick, which he manipulates expertly, accenting the delicacy of his beringed hands (he has a passion for rings). His voice is soft, rich and low with a gentle, melancholy brogue. He is rather vain of his tenor, which he likes to join with his son's bass at small family celebrations...