Word: vigor
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They contain, of course, a certain charming naivete and primitive vigor which will appeal to all those who are not annoyed by page after page of choppy declarative sentences and who enjoy a continuous parade of childish conceptions. The reader should further be warned not to let the title deceive him. No lurid tales of feminine wiles are forthcoming...
Seldom or never before have President Coolidge and Secretary of State Kellogg collaborated on an epistle of such scathing vigor. What they said, in the necessarily polite "language of diplomacy," may be impolitely but exactly paraphrased...
There were no indications, last week, that the ecclesiastical campaign for Hoover & Prohibition would abate. Days passed, and no great Presbyterian preacher promptly repudiated Dr. Walker. On the contrary, many applauded him. Indications were that the ecclesiastical campaign would grow in vigor...
There are plenty of flaws in the construction and direction of Goin' Home-enough, perhaps, to prevent its being the success that its vigor and perception deserve. It seems unfortunate, though it is a minor point, that a black rascal should be required to use so frail an expletive as "he can kiss my foot." Richard Hale, in blackface, does a sympathetic though slightly sing-song interpretation of Israel Dubois...
...trumpets had jazz-mutes in them. Ructions among the producers led to postponements and the retirement of William A. Brady from his sponsorship. On the first night, the press agent, having left his job, leaped upon the stage with Sharon's converts, voicing a mock repentance. The crude vigor of the performance and the oily excesses of the actors made Elmer Gantry an exciting, though phoney, melodrama...