Word: weltered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Significance. War being an irrational thing, its aftermath verges on insanity. An analytical person, particularly a racial polyglot, can cope with the welter of causes and patriotisms only by adopting a sportive fatalism. Author Gerhardi's minor characters develop this sociological thesis on a very high plane of comedy. The major characters, who dwell on the border line of high tragedy, give a more intimate demonstration of the same philosophy...
...Exeter or Andover wins, it will be through the efforts of a handful of stars. In such a meet as today's gathering the average athlete is lost in a welter of stars. And almost every school boasis a few of these. But only Exeter and Andover can muster such a rollcall as will be heard this afternoon...
Meantime, Deputy Farinacci, leader of the '"Savage" or reactionary wing of the Fascist Party, extricated himself from the welter of fists and feet, dragging Communist Deputy Damen by the scruff of his neck. Backing his victim up against the wall, the Fascist proceeded to inflict "scientific punishment" in true Italian style, after which he ejected the Communist violently out of a door into a cold, stone corridor. Farinacci, complacent, stalked back to his seat with the air of a man who had nobly performed a noble deed. The remaining Fascisti, taking their cue from Farinacci and totally oblivious...
When one is precipitated, however, from that generality to the welter of the specific, to fundamentalism is one's own family, to mental astigmatism in the leaders of one's own country, to freedom of speech at a university, human fallibility is almost overwhelming; and all but the stoutest hearts wallow in a slough of despond. The transcendentalist had the happy faculty, which we unfortunately have not, of soaring over this mire from the cradle to the clouds...
Brigham Young. Out of the welter of "spoken and written mendacity" concerning Mormonism, Mr. Dibble draws the picture of a gargantuan figure-ignorant, unscrupulous, tyrannical, lecherous and all- powerful. On the spiritual wife system he was "sealed" for all eternity to "more women than anyone could count...