Word: without
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...toes only slightly. The Yale club has always adhered to the traditional pre-Davison formula of trick pieces and "barbershop" arrangements, and Mr. Woodworth has selected music for the Harvard part of the program which is evidently intended to harmonize at least with the spirit of the Yale section without compromising the usual musical standard of the club...
...over-rated goings-on." His ability to keep things moving and get every last chuckle out of a funny line is based on pounding away tirelessly at details, and on an infallible ear for the rhythm of conversation. He will rehearse a play for 15 minutes without looking at the stage, only listening to the dialogue. Suddenly he will call a halt, take out one word which interrupts the flow. No actor has ever managed to ad-lib even a syllable into his lines without Kaufman's spotting...
...them in another. That goes for me too." He does play croquet, however-with a fierce desire to win, as he plays parlor games and bridge. Called by Ely Culbertson "the best amateur bridge player in the U. S.," he hates playing with his dub friends, tackles the experts without getting hurt, peppers the game with such comments as "I'd like a review of the bidding, with the original inflections...
...former Investigator Douglas had been suspicious for years about plans being railroaded through courts without the judges having had a chance to decide whether they were scrutinizably fair, feasible and equitable. He had attacked many a plan as inequitable for giving the common stock rights when it really had no equity if creditors and preferred stockholders got their just due. When Douglas became Chairman of the SEC, he sponsored the Chandler Act which set up a special SEC division to study reorganization plans and inform judges about them as "friends of the Court...
...hands in despair and mutter something about "artificial catchwords". Well, it is true enough that any categorizing term used in the sphere of the aesthetic is nothing more than a valiant attempt to oversimplify; it is also true, though, that certain descriptive terms do have precise meanings; and without a knowledge of these meanings, however slight, an understanding of modern and contemporary art becomes extremely difficult...