Word: wallower
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...like the many upperclassmen now in the University, he will regret having taken, or not having taken, certain courses during his Freshman year. He will wish that somebody had told him that all University regulations are flexible, and that there had been no need for him to wallow exclusively in Freshman courses for a year. He will feel that intelligent guidance might have helped him to find a niche in the extracurricular work much earlier than did his own trial and error probings...
...Victorian Age, Red Plush is one of those placid novels that wallow in family trivia, delight in minor, certain-to-be-resolved family crises and snicker at family eccentrics. The family is accorded an existence of its own, dominating and dwarfing the individual characters; it becomes a sort of metaphysical entity, unexplored and uncriticized, that remains firm and true, regardless of the peccadilloes of its members. The reader is therefore seldom aroused about the fate of any individual Moorhouse. For even if erratic David were to choose the wrong bride (though he does not) or if moody Phoebe were...
...Paris" is a far more satisfactory show, and, in the absence of a cartoon, is the only obstacle between the U.T. patrons and three hours of fitful slumber. Arthur Pressburg's screen adaptation of the escapades of Francois Vidoque, 19th century lover and second story man extraordinaire, does not wallow in the mire of an uncoordinated plot, hopefully punctuated with gags, but relies on well developed comedy of situation in an interesting and smoothly flowing story. Ably supported by Akim Tamiroff, handsome George Sanders filches ladies' garters and coffers of jewels between kisses to become one of the first...
...blot on our national conscience. On ethical grounds,-America, founded and populated by millions escaping political or religious persecution, is irrevocably committed to liberal immigration. But humanitarian reasons have been secondary to a people who grudgingly legalize entry for 39,000 Eastern and Southern Europeans annually, while 850,000 wallow homeless in Allied DI' camps alone. The causes of American inaction are deeper and deserve examination...
...same bureaucracy lets the older half of Lisbon (which had survived the 1755 earthquake) wallow. A few blocks from the grandiose and spotless Rocio, Lisbon's counterpart of Times Square, the Old Town's slums have no electricity, running water or sewage. Once a day street cleaners climb up & down Castello de Sao Jorge hill, where generations of shuffling bare feet have polished the cobbles satin-smooth. An hour after the cleaners have passed, the same steep, crooked passages are foul with refuse...